Shomari

Where Shomari comes from

The dictionaries list Shomari as a given name — a male given name from Swahili — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Swahili
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1973
    First appearance
    #2,857 among boys, 12 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1977
    Peak, #1,515
    37 babies named Shomari — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1986
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #3,131.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Swahili.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Shomari hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.