Unisex name · since 1979
Jakari
5,312 babies named Jakari in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,723 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #613 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,312
- born since 1979
- 2020s
- peak decade
5,312 babies have been named Jakari since 1979, making it today's #613 unisex name.
Jakari has 5,312 recorded births among boys since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #613 as of the latest data, more common than 96% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #1,723 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #613 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 5,312 born since 1979
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jakari ranks #1,723 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #613 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 5,312 born since 1979, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,723 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #613 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,312
- born since 1979
- 2020s
- peak decade
Jakari's 5,312 recorded births place it above 96.21% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
28 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.
How Jakari compares
5,312 Top 12% higher than 88% 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
Jakari's all-time total is 14x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jakari | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,312 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 462 | 34 | 22,252 |
Jakari's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jakari's full recorded timeline at 2004, 86% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 14% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1988, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 462 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jakari popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 462
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Jakari popularity over time - girls
300 total births recorded since 1994 (Jakari as girls' name)
Jakari by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (2,216 births, 42% of the file).
2020s was Jakari's strongest decade.
2,216 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Jakari births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 9
1970s
9 births
- 1980s 50
1980s
50 births
- 1990s 344
1990s
344 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,141 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,552 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,216 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 2,216 births (42% of all-time use).
How Jakari compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Jakari's total volume
Jakari by state
Where Jakari concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 583 | 11.0% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 518 | 9.8% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 341 | 6.4% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 263 | 5.0% |
| #5 | Texas | | 258 | 4.9% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 239 | 4.5% |
| #7 | South Carolina | | 230 | 4.3% |
| #8 | Alabama | | 225 | 4.2% |
583 of 5,312 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 28 reporting states.
Jakari appears in 28 states. Explore state details →
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- Florida records the most Jakaris (583 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 Jakari: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Jakari 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.