Kumari
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Kumari is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kumari mean?
Sanskrit
A female given name from Sanskrit.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Kumari a girl's or a boy's name?
Kumari is a girls' name.
How popular is Kumari in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the girls named Kumari in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kumari in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
Names like Kumari
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kiyomi Kyomi Miyori Yuri Dakota Sayuri Yumi Rumi Kori Kaori Suki Saori
Names related to Kumari
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya
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, “Kumari: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kumari, updated 20 October 2026.