Jabari
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Swahili
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,188 for boys
Jabari is a boys' name of Swahili origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 1,188th for boys in the US (172 babies).
What does Jabari mean?
Swahili
A male given name from Swahili of modern African American usage.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Jabari a girl's or a boy's name?
Jabari is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 172 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jabari in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Jabari, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 9 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Jabari than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Jabari in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Jabari in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
How popular is Jabari in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,188th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 172 about 1 in 9,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 172 boys in the US were named Jabari, making it the 1,188th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 942nd. Its busiest year was 2006, with 393 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.
2025 had fewer boys named Jabari than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Jabari in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 183 boys in the US were given Jabari or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,050, up from #1,188 for this spelling alone.
- Jabari 172
- Jabarri 11
Jabari in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 172 | #1,188 |
| 2024 | 219 | #1,019 |
| 2023 | 250 | #921 |
| 2022 | 201 | #1,084 |
| 2021 | 242 | #933 |
| 2020 | 234 | #942 |
| 2019 | 242 | #908 |
| 2018 | 261 | #849 |
| 2017 | 222 | #940 |
| 2016 | 236 | #911 |
| 2015 | 220 | #947 |
| 2014 | 168 | #1,133 |
| 2013 | 184 | #1,043 |
| 2012 | 226 | #916 |
| 2011 | 219 | #919 |
| 2010 | 243 | #865 |
| 2009 | 243 | #866 |
| 2008 | 289 | #769 |
| 2007 | 391 | #625 |
| 2006 | 393 | #608 |
| 2005 | 355 | #624 |
| 2004 | 346 | #618 |
| 2003 | 334 | #620 |
| 2002 | 254 | #703 |
| 2001 | 215 | #783 |
| 2000 | 189 | #843 |
| 1999 | 179 | #842 |
| 1998 | 156 | #915 |
| 1997 | 186 | #791 |
| 1996 | 174 | #823 |
| 1995 | 165 | #834 |
| 1994 | 188 | #766 |
| 1993 | 219 | #700 |
| 1992 | 197 | #734 |
| 1991 | 157 | #822 |
| 1990 | 129 | #903 |
| 1989 | 127 | #895 |
| 1988 | 94 | #1,002 |
| 1987 | 83 | #1,046 |
| 1986 | 76 | #1,066 |
| 1985 | 83 | #997 |
| 1984 | 77 | #1,011 |
| 1983 | 86 | #949 |
| 1982 | 81 | #1,006 |
| 1981 | 91 | #938 |
| 1980 | 91 | #938 |
| 1979 | 112 | #821 |
| 1978 | 101 | #854 |
| 1977 | 84 | #928 |
| 1976 | 82 | #921 |
| 1975 | 71 | #970 |
| 1974 | 79 | #914 |
| 1973 | 40 | #1,312 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
Names like Jabari
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Ibrahim, Abdullah, Mustafa, Musa, Ahmed, Hamza, Rafi, Umar, Amir, Khalid, Zayd
Other spellings of Jabari
Names related to Jabari
More Swahili names
Zuri, Imani, Malaika, Emani, Zhuri, Imara, Maisha, Asante, Imaani, Malaikah, Taraji, Xuri, Zuriyah, Johari, Simba, Zamani
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jabari: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jabari, updated 20 October 2026.