NameTides

Amari

Amari was the #185 boys' name in the US in 2025 (2,000 babies), and #241 in England & Wales and #294 in Canada.

Amari as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Amari as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanadaScotlandIreland
Amari as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#185 (2,000)#241 (203)#647 (4)#676 (4)#294 (114)
2024#172 (2,164)#233 (209)#727 (3)#785 (3)#303 (108)
2023#151 (2,422)#218 (225)—#660 (4)#279 (113)
2022#174 (2,179)#256 (183)—#572 (5)#336 (94)
2021#200 (1,920)#278 (167)——#359 (88)
2020#217 (1,742)#297 (155)——#484 (56)
2019#239 (1,596)#366 (120)——#493 (57)
2018#269 (1,323)#454 (90)——#591 (45)
2017#275 (1,323)#437 (97)——#651 (39)
2016#269 (1,363)#459 (88)——#776 (32)
2015#267 (1,366)#526 (73)——#1,122 (18)
2014#338 (985)#485 (81)——#747 (32)
2013#337 (955)#458 (86)——#836 (28)
2012#308 (1,075)#473 (83)——#779 (30)
2011#306 (1,056)#486 (75)——#896 (24)

Amari as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Amari as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & WalesScotlandIreland
Amari as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#380 (804)#596 (65)#780 (3)#885 (3)#538 (56)
2024#296 (1,070)#510 (77)#541 (5)#898 (3)#466 (65)
2023#306 (1,005)#647 (56)#749 (3)—#486 (60)
2022#319 (1,009)#624 (61)——#599 (47)
2021#333 (985)#720 (52)——#598 (50)
2020#329 (940)#655 (57)——#787 (36)
2019#310 (1,042)#724 (53)——#854 (32)
2018#380 (818)#1,083 (32)#680 (4)—#1,215 (20)
2017#425 (749)#1,082 (32)——#2,041 (10)
2016#459 (700)#1,327 (25)——#1,280 (19)
2015#470 (680)#1,497 (21)——#3,286 (5)
2014#524 (589)#1,702 (17)——#3,316 (5)
2013#512 (581)#1,537 (20)——#2,888 (6)
2012#486 (633)#1,387 (23)———
2011#513 (572)#1,608 (18)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #151.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1974.
  • In 2025, 29% of US babies named Amari were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 850 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 850common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 4,900uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Amari is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 780 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 630 to 1 in 960.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Amari by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #217WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #321WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #275MNIllinois: #174ILMichigan: #185MINew York: #188NYMassachusetts: #166MAOregon: #170ORNevada: #160NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #257SDIowa: #246IAIndiana: #172INOhio: #167OHPennsylvania: #154PANew Jersey: #162NJConnecticut: #141CTRhode Island: #140RICalifornia: #209CAUtah: #351UTColorado: #210CONebraska: #377NEMissouri: #238MOKentucky: #281KYWest Virginia: #254WVVirginia: #117VAMaryland: #97MDDelaware: #39DEArizona: #179AZNew Mexico: #213NMKansas: #196KSArkansas: #151ARTennessee: #185TNNorth Carolina: #158NCSouth Carolina: #143SCDistrict of Columbia: #60DCOklahoma: #232OKLouisiana: #181LAMississippi: #97MSAlabama: #131ALGeorgia: #117GAHawaii: #214HITexas: #226TXFlorida: #144FL
Amari (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#22263
Quebec2025#38512

Amari (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AmariCanadaGirls#53856
AmariCanadaBoys#294114
AmariEngland & WalesGirls#59665
AmariEngland & WalesBoys#241203
AmariIrelandGirls#8853
AmariIrelandBoys#6764
AmariNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AmariNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AmariScotlandGirls#7803
AmariScotlandBoys#6474
AmariUSGirls#380804
AmariUSBoys#1852,000