Omari

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⭐ Famous Omari

Omari Tetradze

Russian footballer

Choose Omari and your child shares a first name with Omari Tetradze, a Russian footballer. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Omari, like who?” Omari Tetradze's Wikipedia article is available in 30 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 4,303 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Omari, 397 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Omari would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryOmari first shows up in US birth records in 1971, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 54 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2018, when it reached #471.
• 📈Then vs nowOmari is 2.8× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 11,834 baby boys; in 2025, about 1 in 4,303.
• 🍂TrendOmari has slipped 187 places over the last five years and now sits at #686. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 📍Where it's lovedOmari is most popular in South Carolina, where it ranks #327, followed by Georgia (#375) and Connecticut (#440). It's in the top 1,000 in 26 states.

About the name Omari

Omari is a boy name. It has 5 letters and 3 syllables, starting with O and ending in “-ari”. US birth records list Omari for boys from 1971 to 2025, in 55 of those 55 years. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked #471 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #686, with 397 babies.