# Amari (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/amari/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | Italian |
| Meaning | “remainder”, “surplus” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 53,282 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 31,994 / 21,288 (40% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,129, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 572 | 513 |
| 2012 | 633 | 486 |
| 2013 | 581 | 512 |
| 2014 | 589 | 524 |
| 2015 | 680 | 470 |
| 2016 | 700 | 459 |
| 2017 | 749 | 425 |
| 2018 | 818 | 380 |
| 2019 | 1,042 | 310 |
| 2020 | 940 | 329 |
| 2021 | 985 | 333 |
| 2022 | 1,009 | 320 |
| 2023 | 1,005 | 306 |
| 2024 | 1,070 | 296 |
| 2025 | 804 | 380 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,056 | 306 |
| 2012 | 1,075 | 308 |
| 2013 | 955 | 337 |
| 2014 | 985 | 338 |
| 2015 | 1,366 | 267 |
| 2016 | 1,363 | 269 |
| 2017 | 1,323 | 275 |
| 2018 | 1,323 | 269 |
| 2019 | 1,596 | 239 |
| 2020 | 1,742 | 217 |
| 2021 | 1,920 | 200 |
| 2022 | 2,179 | 174 |
| 2023 | 2,422 | 151 |
| 2024 | 2,164 | 172 |
| 2025 | 2,000 | 185 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | 1,608 |
| 2012 | 23 | 1,387 |
| 2013 | 20 | 1,537 |
| 2014 | 17 | 1,702 |
| 2015 | 21 | 1,497 |
| 2016 | 25 | 1,327 |
| 2017 | 32 | 1,082 |
| 2018 | 32 | 1,083 |
| 2019 | 53 | 724 |
| 2020 | 57 | 655 |
| 2021 | 52 | 720 |
| 2022 | 61 | 624 |
| 2023 | 56 | 647 |
| 2024 | 77 | 510 |
| 2025 | 65 | 596 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 75 | 486 |
| 2012 | 83 | 473 |
| 2013 | 86 | 458 |
| 2014 | 81 | 485 |
| 2015 | 73 | 526 |
| 2016 | 88 | 459 |
| 2017 | 97 | 437 |
| 2018 | 90 | 454 |
| 2019 | 120 | 366 |
| 2020 | 155 | 297 |
| 2021 | 167 | 278 |
| 2022 | 183 | 256 |
| 2023 | 225 | 218 |
| 2024 | 209 | 233 |
| 2025 | 203 | 241 |

## People named Amari

- Amari Cooper, American football player (born 1994)
- Amari Bailey, American basketball player (born 2004)
- Amari Williams, British basketball player (born 2002)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.