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Amari

gender-neutral name
Origin
African American
Syllables
3
Peak era
2020s
Today
▲ Rising

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Meaning

modern name, popularly given the meaning "strength"

The story

Amari is a modern name, honest about its youth: it enters American records only around the 1980s and has spent every decade since moving up. Its roots are usually traced to Africa, and it is popularly given the meaning strength, a reading parents have embraced even where scholars stay cautious. What is beyond dispute is the sound: three open syllables ending on a bright vowel, in step with Amara, Ari and Omari, melodic in a way English names rarely manage. Just as distinctive is who wears it, because Amari is that rare thing, a genuinely unisex name, given to boys and girls alike without either side owning it. The 2020s are its strongest decade so far, and the line is still pointing upward. Some names carry a thousand years of history. Amari carries something else: momentum, and a meaning chosen on purpose.

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How popular is Amari around the world?

In the United States, 18,240 babies were named Amari between 2020 and 2025.

Amari is on the official records of the United States, Canada, England and Wales, South Australia, New Zealand, Scotland, Mexico City, Ireland, Chile, Austria, Argentina, France and Brazil.

United States

1 in 1,200

In the United States, 18,240 babies were named Amari between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Amari peaked in the 2020s.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Canada

1 in 2,100

In Canada, 108 boys named Amari were born in 2024, the 304th most common name among boys that year.
In Canada, 65 girls named Amari were born in 2024, the 455th most common name among girls that year.

1991peak 2023

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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England and Wales

1 in 2,200

In England and Wales, 203 boys named Amari were born in 2025, the 241st most common name among boys that year.
In England and Wales, 65 girls named Amari were born in 2025, the 596th most common name among girls that year.

1996peak 2024

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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South Australia

1 in 4,600 · 2017

In South Australia, 3 girls were registered as Amari in 2017.
In South Australia, 1 boy was registered as Amari in 2017.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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New Zealand

1 in 4,800

In New Zealand, 12 girls named Amari were registered in 2025.

2020peak 20232025

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time

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Scotland

1 in 5,700

In Scotland, 5 girls named Amari were registered in 2024, the 541st most common name among girls that year.
In Scotland, 3 boys named Amari were registered in 2024, the 727th most common name among boys that year.
The count never rose above 8 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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Mexico City City

1 in 6,200

In Mexico City, there were 19 registrations of Amari in 2022.

2000peak 2022

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Ireland

1 in 7,700

In Ireland, 4 boys named Amari were born in 2025, the 676th most common name among boys that year.
In Ireland, 3 girls named Amari were born in 2025, the 885th most common name among girls that year.
The count never rose above 7 in a year, too few to chart.

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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Chile

1 in 18,000

In Chile, 10 girls were registered as Amari in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.

1960peak 2021

share of that year’s name registrations

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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Austria

1 in 25,000

In Austria, 2 boys named Amari were born in 2025, ranked 1,241st among boys that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.
In Austria, 1 girl named Amari was born in 2025, ranked 1,875th among girls that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Argentina

1 in 30,000

In Argentina, 22 newborns were given the name Amari in 2024.

2012peak 2023

share of that year’s name registrations

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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France

1 in 32,000

In France, about 20 boys named Amari were born in 2025, ranked 1,487th among boys that year.

2010peak 2025

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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Brazil

1 in 500,000

At the 2022 census, 330 people in Brazil were named Amari, ranked 17,822nd, with a median age of 52.
Among people named Amari living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1960s than in any other decade.

1940speak 1960s1990s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Puerto Rico

last on record 2024

Amari is not on the 2025 record for Puerto Rico, which withholds births under 5, and 23 babies have carried the name there since 1998.
The count never rose above 9 in a year, too few to chart.

First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)

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Not on the record in Spain and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.

Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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When you meet Amari

Most people given the name Amari in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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