Is Jahari a boy or girl name?

Jahari is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 2,095 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 10.4% were girls and 89.5% were boys.

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Jahari

Recorded 1977–2025 · United States

Jahari was most popular in 2023, when 112 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,293 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,530, with 100 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,095 people named Jahari.

Jahari over time

Births per year. The dot marks Jahari’s peak in 2023. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Jahari a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Jahari is mostly a boy’s name — 10.4% of the 2,095 Americans given it were girls and 89.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 12% girls and 88% 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 Jahari

Where Jahari 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