Shomari
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Swahili
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Shomari is a boys' name of Swahili origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Shomari mean?
Swahili
A male given name from Swahili.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Shomari a girl's or a boy's name?
Shomari is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shomari in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 9 boys.
Shomari in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,446 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
How popular is Shomari in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 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, 8 boys in the US were named Shomari, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1992, with 55 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Shomari in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2001, 18% of the babies named Shomari in the US were girls.
Shomari in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 22 | #4,057 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 31 | #3,040 |
| 2002 | 29 | #3,091 |
| 2001 | 28 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,275 |
| 1998 | 30 | #2,708 |
| 1997 | 33 | #2,445 |
| 1996 | 34 | #2,327 |
| 1995 | 40 | #2,050 |
| 1994 | 42 | #1,972 |
| 1993 | 48 | #1,764 |
| 1992 | 55 | #1,593 |
| 1991 | 24 | #2,747 |
| 1990 | 29 | #2,368 |
| 1989 | 27 | #2,410 |
| 1988 | 20 | #2,760 |
| 1987 | 27 | #2,165 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,128 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,503 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,436 |
| 1983 | 26 | #2,016 |
| 1982 | 32 | #1,773 |
| 1981 | 40 | #1,519 |
| 1980 | 33 | #1,726 |
| 1979 | 28 | #1,903 |
| 1978 | 37 | #1,537 |
| 1977 | 37 | #1,515 |
| 1976 | 26 | #1,872 |
| 1975 | 27 | #1,786 |
| 1974 | 24 | #1,886 |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,855 |
Names like Shomari
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sami, Muhammad, Joshua, Samuel, Syed, Yusuf, Ibrahim, Benjamin, Ari, Omari, Adam, Mustafa
Names related to Shomari
More Swahili names
Zuri, Imani, Malaika, Emani, Jabari, Zhuri, Imara, Maisha, Asante, Imaani, Malaikah, Taraji, Xuri, Zuriyah, Johari, Simba
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, “Shomari: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shomari, updated 20 October 2026.