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Kymari

Masculine

Kymari is given to both — 526 boys and 220 girls since 1880. See other names given to both

2000high 2025
#2363 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare58 boys in 2025

Kymari joins a Ky- front to the -mari ending, and it belongs to the American Amari rhyme family.

How old is the name Kymari?

Kymari first appears in US birth records in 2000 — 25 years ago. The typical Kymari is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 500 people named Kymari are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Kymari most popular?

Kymari peaked in 2025, reaching #2363 nationally. Today it ranks #2363, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.

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Where it comes from

Our story of Kymari

Our story of Kymari is a story of one name generating a family. Amari rose in the American registers in the 1990s and brought Kamari, Jamari, Damari, Anari and Kymari with it — the same two-and-a-half syllables with the front swapped through. None descends from an older language; they descend from each other. Kymari appears in the 2000s, is used for both sexes, and belongs entirely to that set.

Meaningnot established

Not established

No documented etymology. It is a modern American coinage on the Ky- front and -mari ending, alongside Amari, Kamari and Jamari. Attributions to older languages are not supported. Honest sources record it as a coinage.

Pronouncing Kymari

ky-MAR-ee

Three syllables, stress in the middle. Kymari and Kymarie are said identically.

Nicknames for Kymari

Moderate

KyThe front sound alone, and a short form with real modern currency
MariThe back of the name, and a name in its own right in several languages
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 2000–2025582905820002025

US babies named Kymari per year from 2000 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#23632000s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
2000
Most boys named
202558 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#2363reached in 2025
Change vs 2024
+48.7%58 in 2025, from 39
Kymari sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2025, with 58 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

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.

Kymari in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Kamari in English — related form
  • Kymarie in English — spelling variant

Strongest US states over the last decade: North Carolina, Florida, Texas.

Kymaris among us

500

people named Kymari are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 29,450 born in 2025 was named Kymari

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Kymari

#2363
Kymari on the 2025 chart
#853
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Kymari went to 58 boys in 2025, but Kimari is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 75, which makes it the 853rd most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,510 places above the chart.

  • Kymari58
  • Kimari17

About 1 boy in 22,774 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 29,450 for Kymari 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

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Is it right for you

The Trevell test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kymari's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Trevell climbed just as high around 1992, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Trevell's path sketches the road Kymari is walking now.

40%chance Kymari will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Kymari, aligned on its peakTrevell· peak 1992not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-20 yrs+30 yrsTrevell · #11336Kymari today
Kymari today is about where Trevell stood in 1992 — in its own peak year. By 2007, Trevell had settled around #4587.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Kymari 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 Kymari is headed

20002030

US babies named Kymari per year, 2000 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Kymari looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 28% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.

Rising+28% by 2030projected around #2,134 in 2030

Low 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.

Kymari beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Kymari in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Kymarithis name58#2363Javi58#2363Zacchaeus58#2363Pete58#2363Herman58#2363

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • Ky and Mari are two short forms, both with real use.
  • Three syllables of open vowels, which carries unusually well.
  • It belongs to a documented American naming family.
What to consider
  • There is no documented meaning.
  • Kamari and Kymari are close enough to confuse.
  • It is used for both sexes in America.

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Frequently asked

How many Kymaris are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Kymari are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Kymari?
Kymari is the most-used spelling in US records — 58 of the 75 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Kimari.
How popular is the name Kymari in 2025?
Kymari ranks #2363 among US boy names in 2025, with 58 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Kymari?
About 1 in every 29,450 US boys born in 2025 was named Kymari — 58 in all.
Will my child share the name Kymari with classmates?
Kymari will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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