# Jabari (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jabari/  
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 |
| Origin | Swahili |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 9,768 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 9,768 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 97, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili Jabari. Doublet of Jabbar.

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 219 | 921 |
| 2012 | 226 | 917 |
| 2013 | 184 | 1,044 |
| 2014 | 168 | 1,134 |
| 2015 | 220 | 948 |
| 2016 | 236 | 912 |
| 2017 | 222 | 940 |
| 2018 | 261 | 849 |
| 2019 | 242 | 910 |
| 2020 | 234 | 942 |
| 2021 | 242 | 934 |
| 2022 | 201 | 1,085 |
| 2023 | 250 | 924 |
| 2024 | 219 | 1,021 |
| 2025 | 172 | 1,189 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 7 | 2,282 |
| 2007 | 8 | 2,211 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,228 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,048 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Jabari

- Jabari Parker, American basketball player (born 1995)
- Jabari Smith Jr., American basketball player (born 2003)
- Jabari Walker, American basketball player (born 2002)
- Jabari Brown, American basketball player (born 1992)
- Jabari Bird, American basketball player (born 1994)
- Jabari Smith, American basketball player (born 1977)
- Daniel Phillips, English association football player

## 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.