Amarii
Masculine
Amarii is given to both — 796 boys and 597 girls since 1880. See Amarii as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Amarii is a recent American name with a doubled final letter doing a specific job. The -ii ending is one of the newest devices in English spelling, and it exists to mark a name as chosen rather than inherited.
How old is the name Amarii?
Amarii first appears in US birth records in 2003 — 22 years ago. The typical Amarii is a kid of about 7 — this name's wave is very recent. About 800 people named Amarii are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Amarii most popular?
Amarii peaked in 2020, reaching #1962 nationally. Today it ranks #3089, 1,127 places below that high. See the whole 2020 chart.
Lists built from the same records:
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Amarii
Our story of Amarii is about a spelling convention that is younger than most of the people using it. Doubling a final letter to mark a name — Amarii, Harmonii, Legacii, Serenitii — appeared in American records in the last two decades and does nothing you can hear. It is a visual signal, saying that this name was chosen deliberately rather than handed down, and English has never had such a device before. Whether it lasts is anyone's guess. What is certain is that it is a genuinely new piece of English orthography, invented by ordinary people rather than by any authority, and this name is carrying it.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Nothing is documented. Amari appears in American use from the nineteen-nineties without a recorded derivation; Arabic amir, 'prince', and a Yoruba source have both been claimed and neither is supported for this name. The doubled i is an American spelling device with no meaning at all. Any gloss offered for this name has been supplied rather than found.
Pronouncing Amarii
uh-MAR-ee
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. Said exactly as Amari; the doubled i changes the look and nothing you can hear.
Nicknames for Amarii
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2003
- Most boys named
- 202073 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1962reached in 2020
- Change vs 2024
- −13.3%39 in 2025, from 45
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Amarii in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Amari in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Georgia, Florida.
Amariis among us
people named Amarii are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 43,797 born in 2025 was named Amarii
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Amarii
- #3089
- Amarii on the 2025 chart
- #184
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Amarii went to 39 boys in 2025, but Amari is the same name said out loud. Together the 5 spellings went to 2,059, which makes it the 184th most-given boys’ name of the year — 2,905 places above the chart.
- Amari2,000
- Amarii39
and 3 rarer spellings.
About 1 boy in 830 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 43,797 for Amarii itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Garin test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Amarii's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Garin climbed just as high around 1986, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Garin's path sketches the road Amarii is walking now.
Amarii sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Amarii is headed
Amarii should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Amarii beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Amarii in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Ama, Mari and Ari are three ready short forms, all of them names elsewhere.
- Every sound in it is easy in English, so it is said correctly on sight.
- Used for both sexes, so it carries no strong expectation either way.
- It has no documented meaning, so anything offered for it has been supplied.
- Amari is the standard spelling and this one will be corrected in writing.
- The doubled i will be queried every time the name is written down.
Nobody names a baby alone.
Put Amarii to the vote.
Add it to a family vote or a couple’s swipe deck — the other person gets one card, a simple answer and room to say why. No app, no account for them.
Only the people you invite can see your list.
Already decided on Amarii? Hide it among decoys and let them guess.
What they receive
Someone added a name to your list
Amarii
Masculine · #3089 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Amariis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Amarii are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Amarii?
- Amarii is one of 2 recorded spellings. Amari is the more common one — 2,000 births in 2025 against 39 for Amarii.
- How popular is the name Amarii in 2025?
- Amarii ranks #3089 among US boy names in 2025, with 39 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Amarii?
- About 1 in every 43,797 US boys born in 2025 was named Amarii — 39 in all.
- Will my child share the name Amarii with classmates?
- Amarii will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Amarii
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
Aadi#3089 · Wynston#3089 · Braelyn#3089 · Leopoldo#3089 · Zaedyn#3089 · Saxon#3089 · Rehan#3089 · Cree#3089
Looking for what else is popular rather than what resembles Amarii? See the current top 100.
Choosing between Amarii and another name?
See them side by side — full stats, history and a gentle verdict.
Compare side by sideIn a hurry? Just pick a winner — one tap, no sign-up, and you see how everyone else voted.
Weighing a whole shortlist? Add the rest in the builder, or settle it with a bracket.
Cast your vote
Which one would you pick?
Your gut first, the numbers after — the split shows once you pick.
US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
No advertising trackers and no data sellinghow we handle your dataindependent and founder-run, about Name Battle