Unisex name · since 1998
Nakari
224 babies named Nakari in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,301 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,067 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 224
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Nakari is the #3067 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 224 recorded since 1998.
Nakari has 224 recorded births among boys since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3067 as of the latest data, more common than 78% 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 1998 to 2025.
- #12,301 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,067 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 224 born since 1998
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nakari ranks #12,301 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,067 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 224 born since 1998, peaking in the 2020s.
- #12,301 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,067 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 224
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nakari's 224 recorded births place it above 72.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by North Carolina.
How Nakari compares
224 40th percentile among 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
Nakari's all-time total is 39% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nakari | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 224 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 41 | 34 | 22,252 |
Nakari's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nakari's full recorded timeline at 2016, 78% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 22% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2000, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 41 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nakari popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 41
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Nakari popularity over time - girls
149 total births recorded since 2003 (Nakari as girls' name)
Nakari by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (158 births, 71% of the file).
2020s was Nakari's strongest decade.
158 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Nakari births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 24
2000s
24 births
- 2010s 36
2010s
36 births
- 2020s
2020s
158 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 158 births (71% of all-time use).
Nakari by state
Where Nakari concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 13 | 5.8% |
13 of 224 births nationwide.
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- North Carolina records the most Nakaris (13 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Nakari: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
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 Nakari 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.