Temari
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- teh-MAH-ree
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Temari is a girls' name of Japanese origin, meaning “hand ball”. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Temari mean?
Japanese: Japanese temari, a decorative thread ball
“hand ball”
Temari balls are a Japanese folk craft; Temari is also a character in the anime Naruto.
Is Temari a girl's or a boy's name?
Temari is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Temari in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,115th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Temari, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,165th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 2008.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Temari in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Temari in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2022 | 31 | #4,470 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 24 | #5,165 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
Names like Temari
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nyomi, Kyomi, Kiyomi, Zuri, Kayomi, Demi, Remi, Nayomi, Niomi, Yaretzi, Azari, Amiri
Names related to Temari
More Japanese names
Kobe, Kaizen, Raiden, Ren, Akari, Kenzo, Ronin, Akira, Yuna, Emi, Kairi, Miya, Kenji, Reo, Jiraiya, Aizen
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, “Temari: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/temari, updated 20 October 2026.