Kemari
Kemari was the 1954th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 79 babies. Its best year was 2009, when it ranked 1598th with 100 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 494 places. More babies were named Kemari in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,954 boys, down 23 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 79boys
- Girls and boys
- 20% girls, 80% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2009100 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,122babies recorded
Kemari popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #7,323 | #1,954 | 15 | 79 |
| 2020 | #7,397 | #1,931 | 15 | 76 |
| 2010 | #5,176 | #1,848 | 27 | 79 |
| 2000 | #8,875 | #4,004 | 11 | 20 |
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How popular is Kemari, counting every spelling?
Kemari has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Kemari?
79 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kemari (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kemari born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 106 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kemari.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kemari?
About 1,600 people born in the US named Kemari are alive today, with a median age of 13; half are between 6 and 18. That makes Kemari mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Kemari by state
How common Kemari was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (9.1×), North Carolina (2.6×). In 41 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Kemari
How popular is the name Kemari?
Kemari was the 1954th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 79 babies. Its best year was 2009, when it ranked 1598th with 100 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 494 places. More babies were named Kemari in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Kemari a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 20% girls, 80% boys given the name Kemari in the US.
Where is Kemari most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kemari was most common in Mississippi (0.35 per 1,000 boys), followed by North Carolina and Alabama.