Johari
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- joh-HAH-ree
- Origin
- Swahili
- US rank, 2025
- #3,847 for boys
Unisex
Johari is a name of Swahili origin, meaning “jewel”. In 2025 it ranked 3,847th for boys in the US (28 babies).
What does Johari mean?
Swahili: Swahili word, from Arabic jawhar
“jewel”
Is Johari a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Johari has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls and 28 boys in the US.
How popular is Johari in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,847among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 61,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 139% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 28 boys in the US were named Johari, making it the 3,847th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 31 boys. It first appears in the records in 1974. 8 girls were also named Johari in 2025 (10,913th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Johari in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 47% of the babies named Johari in the US in 2021, and 22% in 2025.
Johari in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #3,847 |
| 2024 | 31 | #3,603 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
Names like Johari
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jakari Armani Akari Jamari Kamari Bodhi Dakari Amari Amiri Avi Jahari Jakai
Names related to Johari
More Swahili names
Zuri Imani Malaika Emani Jabari Zhuri Imara Maisha Asante Imaani Malaikah Taraji Xuri Zuriyah 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, “Johari: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/johari, updated 20 October 2026.