Kemari
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- keh-MAR-ee
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,942 for boys
Kemari is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 1,942nd for boys in the US (79 babies).
Where does Kemari come from?
Modern: Ke- + Amari, related to Kamari
Is Kemari a girl's or a boy's name?
Kemari is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 15 girls and 79 boys in the US.
How popular is Kemari in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Kemari, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2011, with 6 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Kemari in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
How popular is Kemari in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,942among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 79about 1 in 22,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 79 boys in the US were named Kemari, making it the 1,942nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,922nd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 100 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996. 15 girls were also named Kemari in 2025 (7,131st for girls).
2025 had more boys named Kemari than any year since 2010.
Half of all the boys named Kemari in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 35% of the babies named Kemari in the US in 2000, and 16% in 2025.
Kemari in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79 | #1,942 |
| 2024 | 78 | #1,985 |
| 2023 | 52 | #2,540 |
| 2022 | 59 | #2,378 |
| 2021 | 66 | #2,156 |
| 2020 | 76 | #1,922 |
| 2019 | 64 | #2,187 |
| 2018 | 54 | #2,416 |
| 2017 | 55 | #2,344 |
| 2016 | 49 | #2,550 |
| 2015 | 52 | #2,428 |
| 2014 | 63 | #2,152 |
| 2013 | 55 | #2,298 |
| 2012 | 67 | #2,048 |
| 2011 | 78 | #1,823 |
| 2010 | 79 | #1,833 |
| 2009 | 100 | #1,593 |
| 2008 | 88 | #1,719 |
| 2007 | 79 | #1,830 |
| 2006 | 66 | #2,009 |
| 2005 | 43 | #2,563 |
| 2004 | 32 | #3,070 |
| 2003 | 47 | #2,265 |
| 2002 | 29 | #3,091 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,296 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
Names like Kemari
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Bodhi Amari Kamari Omari Kobe Kairo Kayden Ruairi Obi Yusuf Jayden Loki
Names related to Kemari
More Modern names
Ailany Myla Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn Ailani
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, “Kemari: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kemari, updated 20 October 2026.