# Omari (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/omari/  
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 | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 13,557 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 13,158 / 399 (3% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,095, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عمري. The surname is predominantly found in Tanzania.

## 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 | 12 | 9,583 |
| 2012 | 14 | 8,523 |
| 2013 | 12 | 9,474 |
| 2014 | 15 | 7,970 |
| 2015 | 15 | 7,896 |
| 2016 | 12 | 9,288 |
| 2017 | 12 | 9,206 |
| 2018 | 11 | 9,657 |
| 2019 | 16 | 7,257 |
| 2020 | 18 | 6,568 |
| 2021 | 13 | 8,353 |
| 2022 | 11 | 9,518 |
| 2023 | 8 | 11,932 |
| 2024 | 5 | 17,066 |
| 2025 | 7 | 12,848 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 364 | 645 |
| 2012 | 334 | 710 |
| 2013 | 318 | 735 |
| 2014 | 341 | 710 |
| 2015 | 567 | 508 |
| 2016 | 553 | 532 |
| 2017 | 570 | 510 |
| 2018 | 618 | 472 |
| 2019 | 612 | 479 |
| 2020 | 585 | 500 |
| 2021 | 605 | 489 |
| 2022 | 555 | 536 |
| 2023 | 496 | 579 |
| 2024 | 465 | 613 |
| 2025 | 397 | 687 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 33 | 878 |
| 2012 | 42 | 765 |
| 2013 | 29 | 976 |
| 2014 | 23 | 1,144 |
| 2015 | 36 | 856 |
| 2016 | 38 | 833 |
| 2017 | 49 | 709 |
| 2018 | 66 | 564 |
| 2019 | 44 | 740 |
| 2020 | 60 | 598 |
| 2021 | 58 | 632 |
| 2022 | 55 | 640 |
| 2023 | 51 | 679 |
| 2024 | 47 | 737 |
| 2025 | 54 | 668 |

## People named Omari

- Omarion, American R&B singer
- Omari Hardwick, American actor
- Omari Hutchinson, English footballer (born 2003)
- Omari Jones, American boxer
- Omari Spellman, American-Lebanese basketball player
- Omari Newton, Canadian actor
- Omari Sterling-James, English footballer (born 1993)
- Odyssey Jones, American professional wrestler

## 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.