Kemari
#7,133 for girls in 2025, 15 births · #1,942 for boys in 2025, 79 births
Given to boys 74.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2009 · 100 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,585since 1996
Kemari over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,133 | 15 | #1,942 | 79 |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | #1,985 | 78 |
| 2023 | #7,247 | 15 | #2,541 | 52 |
| 2022 | #5,465 | 23 | #2,379 | 59 |
| 2021 | #5,237 | 24 | #2,157 | 66 |
| 2020 | #7,212 | 15 | #1,922 | 76 |
| 2019 | #5,612 | 22 | #2,188 | 64 |
| 2018 | #7,100 | 16 | #2,417 | 54 |
| 2017 | #7,092 | 16 | #2,345 | 55 |
| 2016 | #5,985 | 21 | #2,551 | 49 |
| 2015 | #6,977 | 17 | #2,429 | 52 |
| 2014 | #5,163 | 26 | #2,154 | 63 |
| 2013 | #7,372 | 16 | #2,299 | 55 |
| 2012 | #5,710 | 23 | #2,049 | 67 |
| 2011 | #5,935 | 22 | #1,824 | 78 |
| 2010 | #5,108 | 27 | #1,834 | 79 |
| 2009 | #4,370 | 34 | #1,594 | 100 |
| 2008 | #5,750 | 24 | #1,719 | 88 |
| 2007 | #5,230 | 27 | #1,830 | 79 |
| 2006 | #5,709 | 23 | #2,010 | 66 |
| 2005 | #4,958 | 26 | #2,567 | 43 |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 | #3,074 | 32 |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 | #2,269 | 47 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | #3,095 | 29 |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 | #4,302 | 18 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | #3,922 | 20 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #6,530 | 9 |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | #4,650 | 14 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | — | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Kemari! It came in at #7,136, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1996–1997, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
Where Kemari is popular in 2010
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Virginia#834 · 1 in 6,926
- North Carolina#871 · 1 in 7,366
- Georgia#904 · 1 in 6,986
- Florida#987 · 1 in 8,422
- Illinois#1,100 · 1 in 9,976
Best ever in a state: #370 in Mississippi, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | #834 | 6 | 1 in 6,926 |
| North Carolina | #871 | 7 | 1 in 7,366 |
| Georgia | #904 | 8 | 1 in 6,986 |
| Florida | #987 | 11 | 1 in 8,422 |
| Illinois | #1,100 | 7 | 1 in 9,976 |
| California | #2,243 | 6 | 1 in 38,962 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Indiana | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | — | — | — |
| Louisiana | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Michigan | — | — | — |
| Minnesota | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Missouri | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| New York | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Ohio | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Pennsylvania | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Tennessee | — | — | — |
| Texas | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Kemari
- 43 spots since 2024 (#1,985 → #1,942)
- 20 spots since 2020 (#1,922 → #1,942)
- 487 spots since 2015 (#2,429 → #1,942)
- Debuted 1996
- Peaked 2009 at #1,594 (100 births)
- Births halved by 2016, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 19,836 boys born in 2009 were named Kemari (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 21,621 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 38.9% of all boys named Kemari (616) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1995, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 37 | #4,650 (1998) | #6,399 |
| 2000s | 522 | #1,594 (2009) | #2,638 |
| 2010s | 616 | #1,824 (2011) | #2,209 |
| 2020s | 410 | #1,922 (2020) | #2,154 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Kemari in 2010
Top girls' names in 2010
Top boys' names in 2010
More about 2010
girls
1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 65,837 of them was named Kemari, which outranked 74.3% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,974Yisel28
- #4,974Zabrina28
- #4,974Zharia28
- #5,108Kemari27
- #5,108Aariana27
- #5,108Adalyne27
- #5,108Adi27
- #5,247Abegail26
- #5,247Adalin26
- #5,247Adamary26
Tied with 138 names at #5,108; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 24,287 of them was named Kemari, which outranked 87.1% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,816Yasin80
- #1,816Yusef80
- #1,816Zephyr80
- #1,834Kemari79
- #1,834Archie79
- #1,834Ashwin79
- #1,834Braylan79
- #1,850Akhil78
- #1,850Akiva78
- #1,850Bradford78
Tied with 15 names at #1,834; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.