Imari
Boy · ih-MAR-ee · Modern
Imari is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).
What does Imari mean?
Modern: modern name; also a Japanese place name
Shares its name with Imari, a Japanese port town that gave its name to Imari porcelain.
- Say it
- ih-MAR-ee
Is Imari a girl's or a boy's name?
Imari is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 girls and 24 boys in the US.
How popular is Imari in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 5 boys.
Imari in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
How popular is Imari in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,248among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 71,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Imari, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,545th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 50 boys. It first appears in the records in 1969. 23 girls were also named Imari in 2025 (5,409th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Imari than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Imari in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1986, 83% of the babies named Imari in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 49%, with more boys than girls since 2015.
Imari in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,248 |
| 2024 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 2023 | 31 | #3,627 |
| 2022 | 43 | #2,917 |
| 2021 | 34 | #3,360 |
| 2020 | 50 | #2,545 |
| 2019 | 40 | #2,991 |
| 2018 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2017 | 40 | #2,950 |
| 2016 | 40 | #2,934 |
| 2015 | 49 | #2,527 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | 32 | #3,363 |
| 2010 | 37 | #3,071 |
| 2009 | 45 | #2,701 |
| 2008 | 27 | #3,820 |
| 2007 | 33 | #3,311 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 30 | #3,315 |
| 2004 | 26 | #3,530 |
| 2003 | 37 | #2,670 |
| 2002 | 32 | #2,878 |
| 2001 | 24 | #3,507 |
| 2000 | 26 | #3,213 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 29 | #2,779 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,733 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,495 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 21 | #2,050 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
Names like Imari
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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