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Omari

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Omari is ranked 617th among boys in 2024 (461 births). Its best rank was 471st, in 2018.

Rank in 2024
#617down 38 from 2023
Births in 2024
4610.03% of boys
Peak year
2018618 births
Best rank
#471in 2018
Since 1971
13,148people given the name
Babies named Omari, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

12,756 boys have been named Omari in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2018, with 618 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2018, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2012, and the 2010s alone account for 36%. It has spent 29 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 392 girls have also been given it, 3.0% of the total.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadeboys named Omari
1970s411
1980s646
1990s1,127
2000s3,226
2010s4,645
2020s2,701

In 2018, its biggest year

Omari was the 471st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2018 were Liam, Noah, William, James and Oliver. See all of 2018.

Names that rose and fell with Omari

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.