Unisex name · since 1942
Jari
Jari has 381 recorded births since 1942 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1958 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,924 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,076 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 381
- born since 1942
- 1950s
- peak decade
381 babies have been named Jari since 1942, making it today's #12076 unisex name.
Jari has 381 recorded births among girls since 1942, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12076 as of the latest data, more common than 30% of girls, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1942 to 2025.
- #13,924 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,076 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 381 born since 1942
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jari ranks #13,924 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,076 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 381 born since 1942, peaking in the 1950s.
- #13,924 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,076 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 381
- born since 1942
- 1950s
- peak decade
Jari's 381 recorded births place it above 80.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jari compares
381 Top 50% higher than 50% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Jari's all-time total is 1% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jari | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 381 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jari's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jari's full recorded timeline at 1970, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1942, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1958 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jari popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–2025
- Peak year (1958)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 84 years of records
Jari popularity over time - boys
290 total births recorded since 1958 (Jari as boys' name)
Jari by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (96 births, 25% of the file).
1950s was Jari's strongest decade.
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Jari births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
40 births
- 1950s
1950s
96 births
- 1960s
1960s
66 births
- 1970s 34
1970s
34 births
- 1980s
1980s
43 births
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
- 2000s 15
2000s
15 births
- 2010s 17
2010s
17 births
- 2020s
2020s
48 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 96 births (25% of all-time use).
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What to do with Jari's data
- Jari's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (96 total births) through the 2020s (48) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jari: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1958)
Similar record span (~83 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, 1942–2025 (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 Jari 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.