Is Imari a boy or girl name?

Imari is a unisex name. Of the 3,451 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 68.5% were girls and 31.5% were boys. It changed hands in 2015, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Imari

Recorded 1969–2025 · United States

Imari was most popular in 2003, when 161 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,263 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,826, with 47 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,451 people named Imari.

Imari over time

Births per year. The dot marks Imari’s peak in 2003. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Imari a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Imari is a unisex name — 68.5% of the 3,451 Americans given it were girls and 31.5% were boys. It changed hands: since 2015 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 39% girls and 61% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Imari

Where Imari is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org