Camari
Masculine
Camari is given to both — 1,653 boys and 1,121 girls since 1880. See Camari as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Camari joins a Ca- front to the -mari ending, and it belongs to the large American family that Amari founded in the 1990s.
How old is the name Camari?
Camari first appears in US birth records in 1995 — 30 years ago. The typical Camari is a kid of about 10 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,600 people named Camari are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Camari most popular?
Camari peaked in 2025, reaching #1837 nationally. Today it ranks #1837, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Camari
Our story of Camari is a story of a family that keeps adding members. Amari came first in the 1990s; Jamari, Kamari, Damari, Namari and Camari followed within fifteen years. What travels between them is three syllables, a stress in the middle and an -ari ending. None descends from another. Camari appears in the American registers in the 2000s, and its history is short, documented and entirely of its period.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No established etymology. The -mari and -ari endings circulate from Amari and Jamari; the Ca- front is a free-standing sound. Occasional attributions to Italian or Swahili are not documented for this compound. It is a modern American coinage.
Pronouncing Camari
kuh-MAR-ee
Three syllables, stress in the middle. Camari and Kamari are said identically.
Nicknames for Camari
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
- 1995
- Most boys named
- 202287 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1837reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- 0.0%86 in 2025, from 86
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.
Camari in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Kamari in English — spelling variant
- Amari in English — related form
- Jamari in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, North Carolina, Texas.
Camaris among us
people named Camari are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 19,861 born in 2025 was named Camari
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Camari
- #1837
- Camari on the 2025 chart
- #312
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Camari went to 86 boys in 2025, but Kamari, Khamari and Kamarii and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 6 spellings went to 1,054, which makes it the 312th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,525 places above the chart.
and 1 rarer spelling.
About 1 boy in 1,621 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 19,861 for Camari 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 Elpidio test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Camari's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Elpidio climbed just as high around 1935, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Elpidio's path sketches the road Camari is walking now.
Camari 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 Camari is headed
Camari should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
High 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.
Camari beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Camari in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Cam and Mari are two short forms, both with real currency.
- Three syllables with a strong middle, a rhythm that carries unusually well.
- It belongs to a large and well-documented American naming family.
- There is no inherited meaning, and honest sources say so.
- Kamari and Amari are close enough to cause constant confusion.
- It will need spelling out every time.
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Masculine · #1837 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Camaris are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,600 people named Camari are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Camari?
- Camari is one of 5 recorded spellings. Kamari is the more common one — 811 births in 2025 against 86 for Camari.
- How popular is the name Camari in 2025?
- Camari ranks #1837 among US boy names in 2025, with 86 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Camari?
- About 1 in every 19,861 US boys born in 2025 was named Camari — 86 in all.
- Will my child share the name Camari with classmates?
- Camari will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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