Khamari
Masculine
Khamari is given to both — 2,445 boys and 642 girls since 1880. See Khamari as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Khamari is a genuinely American name, first turning up in national records in the mid-1990s and holding on quietly ever since. It has three easy beats and lands on that open -ee, the same ending shared by Amari, Jamari and Kamari, which is why most people say it right the first time even when they have never seen it written.
How old is the name Khamari?
Khamari first appears in US birth records in 1995 — 30 years ago. The typical Khamari is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 2,400 people named Khamari are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Khamari most popular?
Khamari peaked in 2022, reaching #1254 nationally. Today it ranks #1443, 189 places below that high. See the whole 2022 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Khamari
Some names arrive without papers. Khamari belongs to a family of names that grew up in the United States over the last few decades — three syllables, stress in the middle, ending on that bright open vowel that Amari and Jamari end on too. The Kh- at the front gives it a firmer start than plain K, the same front it shares with Khalil and Khari. Its strongest ground has been Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas, which is where a great many American names have been made and remade, and it has stayed on the record without ever crowding a classroom.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No established meaning. What is documented is the shape: Khamari appears in US birth records from the mid-1990s onward, alongside a cluster of names built on the same rhythm — Amari, Jamari, Kamari, Damari — and it shares its opening with Khalil and Khari, both in use in the US well before it. Any translation offered for it online is guesswork dressed as etymology.
Pronouncing Khamari
kuh-MAR-ee
The Kh is read as a plain K in American English — no throat sound. Stress falls on the middle syllable, as it does in Amari and Jamari.
Nicknames for Khamari
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
- 2022155 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1254reached in 2022
- Change vs 2024
- −10.1%124 in 2025, from 138
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.
Khamari in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Kamari in English (US) — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, Georgia, North Carolina.
Khamaris among us
people named Khamari are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 13,775 born in 2025 was named Khamari
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Khamari
- #1443
- Khamari on the 2025 chart
- #312
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Khamari went to 124 boys in 2025, but Kamari, Camari 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 — 1,131 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 13,775 for Khamari 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 Rosalio test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Khamari's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Rosalio climbed just as high around 1928, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Rosalio's path sketches the road Khamari is walking now.
Khamari 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 Khamari is headed
Khamari 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.
Khamari beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Khamari in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Three clear syllables that almost everyone pronounces correctly on first hearing, because the -mari ending is already familiar in American names.
- Rare enough that a child is unlikely to share it with a classmate, while still appearing on national records for decades rather than months.
- Sits comfortably alongside widely known names like Khalil and Amari, so it reads as part of a family rather than as an outlier.
- Short forms come easily — Kham, Khai, Mari — without anyone having to invent one.
- The Kh- spelling will need saying out loud often. Kamari, Khamari and Kamaree all circulate, so expect a lifetime of "with a K-H" on forms and coffee cups.
- No settled meaning exists. If a documented translation matters to you, this name will not give you one — and anything the internet offers for it is invention rather than etymology.
- Its wave is recent, so nearly everyone carrying it is still young. There are no elder namesakes yet, which some parents like and others find unmoored.
- Ear-confusion with Amari and Jamari is real, especially over the phone or in a busy room.
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Frequently asked
- How many Khamaris are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,400 people named Khamari are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Khamari?
- Khamari is one of 5 recorded spellings. Kamari is the more common one — 811 births in 2025 against 124 for Khamari.
- How popular is the name Khamari in 2025?
- Khamari ranks #1443 among US boy names in 2025, with 124 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Khamari?
- About 1 in every 13,775 US boys born in 2025 was named Khamari — 124 in all.
- Will my child share the name Khamari with classmates?
- Khamari will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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