Boys' name · since 1998
Jahkari
Jahkari has 479 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,110 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,956 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 479
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Jahkari currently ranks #1956 among boys' names in America, with 479 babies recorded since 1998.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jahkari has been recorded 479 times among boys since 1998, currently ranked #1956 nationally and more common than 86% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #8,110 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,956 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 479 born since 1998
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jahkari ranks #8,110 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,956 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 479 born since 1998, peaking in the 2020s.
- #8,110 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,956 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 479
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Jahkari's 479 recorded births place it above 82.15% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.
How Jahkari compares
479 Top 45% higher than 55% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jahkari's all-time total is 30% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jahkari | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 479 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 79 | 34 | 22,252 |
Jahkari's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jahkari's full recorded timeline at 2012, 77% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 23% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 79 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jahkari popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 79
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Jahkari by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (265 births, 55% of the file).
2020s was Jahkari's strongest decade.
265 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Jahkari births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 81
2000s
81 births
- 2010s
2010s
128 births
- 2020s
2020s
265 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 265 births (55% of all-time use).
Jahkari by state
Where Jahkari concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 22 | 4.6% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 9 | 1.9% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 8 | 1.7% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 5 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Mississippi | | 5 | 1.0% |
| #6 | South Carolina | | 5 | 1.0% |
| #7 | Texas | | 5 | 1.0% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 5 | 1.0% |
22 of 479 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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- Florida records the most Jahkaris (22 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jahkari: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~27 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1998–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jahkari draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.