1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 2,158 boys were named Amari, about 1 in every 795.
- It peaked in 2023 with 2,419 babies, ranked #151.
- It first shows up in the records in 1974.
- 29,973 boys have been named Amari since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Amari per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- 0Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.3Gen Z1997–12
- 0.9Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 17 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 289 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 10,350 babies, 0.33 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 19,317 babies, 0.89 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
The surname is of multiple origins, including: A variant of Amaro, from Italian Amaro. A variant of Amar, from Arabic عَمَّار (ʕammār). See also Umari, Umar, Omar, and Amar. A Japanese surname ultimately deriving from Japanese 余り (amari, “remainder, surplus”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Does the given name have different origins?”)
- A male or female given name of modern usage.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Amari, CC BY-SA 4.0.