Omari

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · #686 for boys in 2025, 397 births
Given to boys 97.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
2018 · 618 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
13,158
since 1971

Omari over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Omari has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202009peak #471, 2018boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#11,9327#686397
2024#15,2935#613465
2023#11,1698#579496
2022#9,05611#536555
2021#8,02413#489605
2020#6,32518#499585
2019#7,02516#479612
2018#9,15111#471618
2017#8,77612#510570
2016#8,87512#532553
2015#7,61315#508567
2014#7,63615#708341
2013#9,03612#733318
2012#8,20814#710334
2011#9,15012#642364
2010#8,70113#655368
2009#13,7047#604428
2008#6,79919#548479
2007#8,09815#645376
2006#8,71513#715302
2005#5,60022#664322
2004#5,96920#570399
2003#7,20715#622332
2002#6,39217#699256
2001#7,31714#936166
2000#8,53411#924166
1999#14,4115#940155
1998#14,1225#847172
1997#9,8028#981132
1996#8,8129#1,112107
1995#13,3865#1,17297
1994#8,12210#1,075108
1993#13,4425#1,23884
1992#1,21086
1991#1,13993
1990#1,11193
1989#1,37464
1988#1,24967
1987#1,29557
1986#1,19963
1985#1,29055
1984#1,22856
1983#1,31450
1982#1,11567
1981#1,04476
1980#93891
1979#10,2105#1,16960
1978#99675
1977#99874
1976#1,22550
1975#1,20849
1974#1,21547
1973#1,40036
1972#2,65913
1971#3,9637
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First appearance
1971

The first year at least five boys were named Omari! It came in at #3,963, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1971, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.

Where Omari is popular in 2009

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedNHWashington: #803 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,160 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #633 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,867 boysMNIllinois: #576 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 4,031 boysILWisconsin: #731 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,740 boysWIMichigan: #340 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 1,974 boysMINew York: #401 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 2,627 boysNYMassachusetts: #682 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,211 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedIAIndiana: #883 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,477 boysINOhio: #862 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 7,832 boysOHPennsylvania: #907 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 8,875 boysPANew Jersey: #529 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 3,718 boysNJConnecticut: #402 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,549 boysCTCalifornia: #917 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 10,089 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedWVVirginia: #360 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 2,219 boysVAMaryland: #459 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,876 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedARTennessee: #544 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,632 boysTNNorth Carolina: #316 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 1,795 boysNCSouth Carolina: #253 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,277 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #429 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,087 boysLAMississippi: #331 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,656 boysMSAlabama: #400 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,196 boysALGeorgia: #311 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 1,686 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedHITexas: #920 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 8,879 boysTXFlorida: #321 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 1,906 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Carolina#253 · 1 in 1,277
  2. Georgia#311 · 1 in 1,686
  3. North Carolina#316 · 1 in 1,795
  4. Florida#321 · 1 in 1,906
  5. Mississippi#331 · 1 in 1,656

Best ever in a state: #116 in Delaware, 2018.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Carolina#253171 in 1,277
Georgia#311351 in 1,686
North Carolina#316301 in 1,795
Florida#321501 in 1,906
Mississippi#33191 in 1,656
Michigan#340251 in 1,974
Virginia#360191 in 2,219
Alabama#400111 in 2,196
New York#401411 in 2,627
Connecticut#40261 in 2,549
Louisiana#429121 in 2,087
Maryland#459101 in 2,876
New Jersey#529121 in 3,718
Tennessee#544101 in 3,632
Illinois#576181 in 4,031
Minnesota#63361 in 4,867
Massachusetts#68251 in 6,211
Wisconsin#73151 in 5,740
Washington#80361 in 6,160
Ohio#86281 in 7,832
Indiana#88351 in 7,477
Pennsylvania#90771 in 8,875
California#917241 in 10,089
Texas#920211 in 8,879
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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 Omari
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 73 spots since 2024 (#613#686)
  • 187 spots since 2020 (#499#686)
  • 178 spots since 2015 (#508#686)
  • Biggest jump: 237 spots in 2002 (#936#699)
  • Biggest drop: 173 spots in 1979 (#996#1,169)
Rise & fade · boys
47 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1971
  • Peaked 2018 at #471 (618 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 32 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1997–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,892
  • Highest: 1 in 2,892 boys born in 2021 were named Omari (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,302 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #471 in 2018, was only 1 in 2,939 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 35.3% of all boys named Omari (4,645) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s411#996 (1978)#1,648
1980s646#938 (1980)#1,205
1990s1,127#847 (1998)#1,083
2000s3,226#548 (2008)#693
2010s4,645#471 (2018)#595
2020s3,103#489 (2021)#567

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.

Omari in 2009

girls
#13,704
7 births · 1 in 262,445 girls
boys
#604
428 births · 1 in 4,635 boys

Top girls' names in 2009

  1. #1Isabella22,321
  2. #2Emma17,910
  3. #3Olivia17,444
  4. #4Sophia16,951
  5. #5Ava15,877
  6. #6Emily15,366
  7. #7Madison15,257
  8. #8Abigail14,401
  9. #9Chloe11,922
  10. #10Mia11,438
  11. #13,704Omari7

Top boys' names in 2009

  1. #1Jacob21,204
  2. #2Ethan19,858
  3. #3Michael18,964
  4. #4Alexander18,254
  5. #5William17,937
  6. #6Joshua17,671
  7. #7Daniel17,564
  8. #8Jayden17,316
  9. #9Noah17,262
  10. #10Christopher16,368
  11. #604Omari428
More about 2009

girls

1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 262,445 of them was named Omari, which outranked 32.2% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Omari
  1. #12,429Zymeria8
  2. #12,429Zynia8
  3. #12,429Zyrah8
  4. #13,704Omari7
  5. #13,704Aadyn7
  6. #13,704Aahna7
  7. #13,704Aairah7
  8. #15,242Aadison6
  9. #15,242Aahliyah6
  10. #15,242Aaila6

Tied with 1,537 names at #13,704; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. 4,137Taraji#5,013#876
  2. 2,107Bristol#2,773#666
  3. 836Analia#1,167#331
  4. 773Harlow#1,677#904
  5. 610Maliah#1,405#795
Fallers
  1. 1,450Dayami#754#2,204
  2. 953Mareli#723#1,676
  3. 773Mylie#839#1,612
  4. 517Marely#334#851
  5. 515Hillary#722#1,237

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 4,635 of them was named Omari, which outranked 95.8% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Omari
  1. #601Muhammad430
  2. #602Memphis429
  3. #602Reginald429
  4. #604Omari428
  5. #605Ulises427
  6. #606Javion426
  7. #606Lucian426
Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. 951Knox#1,655#704
  2. 510Kellan#1,133#623
  3. 462Jaxen#1,329#867
  4. 422Bentley#936#514
  5. 354Archer#1,037#683
Fallers
  1. 493Yurem#995#1,488
  2. 222Cordell#786#1,008
  3. 212Shamar#926#1,138
  4. 201Trevin#797#998
  5. 198Glenn#865#1,063

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2009