Is Samari a boy or girl name?

Samari is a unisex name. Of the 2,198 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 68.2% were girls and 31.8% were boys. It changed hands in 2002, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Samari

Recorded 1990–2025 · United States

Samari was most popular in 2008, when 130 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,995 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,314, with 74 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,198 people named Samari.

Samari over time

Births per year. The dot marks Samari’s peak in 2008. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Samari a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Samari is a unisex name — 68.2% of the 2,198 Americans given it were girls and 31.8% were boys. It changed hands: since 2002 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 69% girls and 31% 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 Samari

Where Samari 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