Jahbari
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ja-BAR-ee
- Origin
- Swahili
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Jahbari is a boys' name of Swahili origin, meaning “brave, fearless”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Jahbari mean?
Swahili: spelling of Jabari, from Arabic jabbar 'mighty'
“brave, fearless”
A spelling of Jabari, a Swahili name used widely by African American families since the 1970s.
Is Jahbari a girl's or a boy's name?
Jahbari is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jahbari in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Jahbari, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
2025 had more boys named Jahbari than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Jahbari in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jahbari in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
Names like Jahbari
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jamir, Jasiah, Muhammad, Jabari, Jakari, Jamari, Amiri, Jasai, Armani, Hamza, Ibrahim, Zahir
Names related to Jahbari
More Swahili names
Zuri, Imani, Malaika, Emani, Zhuri, Imara, Maisha, Asante, Imaani, Malaikah, Taraji, Xuri, Zuriyah, Johari, Simba, Zamani
Sources
Figures from 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, “Jahbari: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jahbari, updated 20 October 2026.