Jabari Boy
How popular is Jabari?
#1,188 boy name in 2025
172 baby boys were named Jabari in the US in 2025, making it the 1188th most popular boy name.
Jabari popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,188 for boys (▼ 169 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 172 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-22% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #947 in 2015, #942 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2006 (393 boys) |
| Highest rank | #608 in 2006 |
| First recorded | 1971 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jabari counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jabari family of names ranked #1,016 for boys in 2025 (#894 the year before), with 193 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jabari | 172 | 89% |
| Jabarri | 11 | 6% |
| Jahbari | 10 | 5% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jabari is most popular
Babies named Jabari per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Louisiana: 0.4 per 1,000 (44 boys)
- Maryland: 0.3 per 1,000 (41 boys)
- Georgia: 0.3 per 1,000 (82 boys)
- North Carolina: 0.3 per 1,000 (68 boys)
- Tennessee: 0.2 per 1,000 (42 boys)
Jabari by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 581 | #821 |
| 1980s | 889 | #895 |
| 1990s | 1,750 | #700 |
| 2000s | 3,009 | #608 |
| 2010s | 2,221 | #849 |
| 2020s | 1,318 | #921 |
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Questions
- Is Jabari a boy or girl name?
- Jabari is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jabari were boys.
- How popular is the name Jabari?
- 172 baby boys were named Jabari in the US in 2025, making it the 1188th most popular boy name.
- When was Jabari most popular?
- Jabari peaked in 2006, when 393 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #608 in 2006.
- How many people are named Jabari?
- 9,768 babies have been named Jabari in the US since 1880. We estimate about 9,557 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 20.
- Where is Jabari most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jabari was most common in Louisiana, at 0.4 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.