boy's name
Omari
- Gender Boy
- Letters 5
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 14,873
the United States
#686
2025 births
Omari is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 404 babies in the United States, ranking #686. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
- Peaked in 2018, when 629 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 8,206 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1971.
Omari over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1970s 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 |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 416 |
| 1980s | 646 |
| 1990s | 1,174 |
| 2000s | 3,379 |
| 2010s | 4,777 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 3,165 |
How popular is Omari?
In 2025, Omari was given to 404 babies in the United States, ranking #686 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Omari 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.
How Omari is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| O'mari | O'mari is Omari written with an apostrophe, recorded mostly in England and Wales. | 4 |
Names that peaked alongside Omari
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Omari also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Omari over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Omari
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Omari — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Omari
How popular is the name Omari?
In 2025, Omari was given to 404 babies in the United States, ranking #686 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Is Omari a girl's or a boy's name?
Omari is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.
When was Omari most popular?
Omari peaked in 2018, when 629 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Omari a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Omari currently ranks #672 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.