Zamari
Masculine
Zamari is given to both — 1,628 boys and 614 girls since 1880. See Zamari as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Zamari is a homegrown American name, and a young one — its whole run on the national record fits comfortably inside living memory, and it is still gaining ground rather than fading. It moves in three easy syllables with the stress in the middle, an opening Z and a long ee at the end, the same rhythm carried by Amari and Zavier. Its strongest showing is in Florida, Georgia and Texas.
How old is the name Zamari?
Zamari first appears in US birth records in 1999 — 26 years ago. The typical Zamari is a kid of about 7 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,600 people named Zamari are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Zamari most popular?
Zamari peaked in 2021, reaching #1407 nationally. Today it ranks #1451, 44 places below that high. See the whole 2021 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Zamari
Some names arrive by ship and some are made at home. Zamari belongs to the second kind — an American coinage with no older trail behind it, put together out of sounds that were already loved: the Z that opens Zaire and Zavier, the -ari that closes Amari and Kamari. You can hear the family resemblance immediately, which is why almost anyone can say it correctly on the first try despite having likely never met one. Its center of gravity sits in the South — Florida, Georgia, Texas — and its story so far is only about a generation deep, which means most of it is still being written by the children who carry it.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No meaning has been established for Zamari. What is documented is its shape and its timing: an American name of recent formation, sharing its ending with Amari and its opening consonant with Zaire and Zavier, both of which were in circulation as it began to appear. Names built this way in the United States are usually assembled for sound rather than translated from anything, and no source language has been traced for this one.
Pronouncing Zamari
zuh-MAR-ee
Stress falls on the middle syllable, rhyming the end with 'starry'. Some families say ZAM-uh-ree with the stress up front; both are heard, so it is worth deciding which one you mean and saying it first when you introduce him.
Nicknames for Zamari
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
- 1999
- Most boys named
- 2021130 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1407reached in 2021
- Change vs 2024
- +10.8%123 in 2025, from 111
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.
Zamari in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, Georgia, Texas.
Zamaris among us
people named Zamari are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 13,887 born in 2025 was named Zamari
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Roque test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Zamari's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Roque climbed just as high around 1977, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Roque's path sketches the road Zamari is walking now.
Zamari is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Zamari is headed
Zamari 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.
Zamari beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Zamari in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Reads phonetically on sight — the spelling and the sound match, so most people manage it correctly without coaching.
- Sits inside a sound family Americans already know from Amari, Kamari and Zavier, so it is familiar to the ear while remaining uncommon.
- Three clear syllables with a strong middle beat, which carries well when called across a room or a field.
- Offers ready short forms from either end, Zam or Mari, without needing to be forced.
- The nearest name by sound is Amari, and Zamari will be misheard and miswritten as that fairly often — expect to spell it, and to correct the missing Z.
- There is no documented meaning to pass on. If part of the pleasure of naming, for you, is telling a child what his name means and where it came from, this one hands you a blank page instead.
- It is concentrated in the South and among young children, so in other regions or older settings he may be the first Zamari anyone has met. That fades quickly with repetition, but the first few introductions do the work.
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Frequently asked
- How many Zamaris 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 Zamari are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Zamari in 2025?
- Zamari ranks #1451 among US boy names in 2025, with 123 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Zamari?
- About 1 in every 13,887 US boys born in 2025 was named Zamari — 123 in all.
- Will my child share the name Zamari with classmates?
- Zamari will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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