unisex name
Jari
- Gender Unisex
- Letters 4
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 683
Jari is a unisex name. It is given to both girls and boys — about 56% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 2025 it was given to 18 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
- Peaked in 2021, when 26 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 184,196 babies in the United States is given this name.
- Jari started out as a girls' name and is now given almost entirely to boys.
- First appears in US birth records in 1942.
Jari over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1940s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 40 |
| 1950s | 101 |
| 1960s | 66 |
| 1970s | 34 |
| 1980s | 72 |
| 1990s | 63 |
| 2000s | 68 |
| 2010s | 111 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 116 |
How popular is Jari?
In 2025, Jari was given to 18 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Where Jari is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Jari
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Jari also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Jari over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Jari
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Jari — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Jari
How popular is the name Jari?
In 2025, Jari was given to 18 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Is Jari a girl's or a boy's name?
Jari is used for both girls and boys. About 56% of recorded births with this name are girls.
When was Jari most popular?
Jari peaked in 2021, when 26 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Jari a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Jari currently ranks #7,603 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.
Was Jari originally a boys' or girls' name?
Jari was given mostly to girls in the earliest US birth records and is now given almost entirely to boys.