At a glance
- U.S. rank 2025 (boys)
- #7,679 (outside the top 1,000)
- Babies in 2025 (boys)
- 10 (<0.01% of boys)
- As a girl name
- #11,932 in 2025 (7 babies)
- Trend (boys)
- Rising #8,739 in 2020 to #7,679 in 2025
- Peak (boys)
- #7,262 in 2022
- First recorded
- 2020 (as a boy name; 2023 as a girl name)
Meaning of Xamari
Xamari is a masculine name of Somali origin derived from the indigenous term Xamar, the traditional Somali designation for Mogadishu, thus denoting an intrinsic connection to that historic urban center. In Somali cultural contexts, Xamari conveys both geographical lineage and communal solidarity, and its adoption within diaspora populations underscores its role as a marker of inherited identity; in the United States, where annual registrations have fluctuated modestly between five and eleven over the past five years and the name has consistently hovered near the 900th rank in national listings, Xamari maintains a discrete yet enduring presence among contemporary masculine naming choices.
How to pronounce Xamari
Somali
- Pronounced hah-MAH-ree /haˈmaːri/
Popularity of Xamari in the U.S.
Xamari was the #7,679 boy name in the U.S. in 2025, with 10 babies. It peaked at #7,262 in 2022. It first appears in the records in 2020. As a girl name it was #11,932 in 2025, with 7 babies.
- Rank among U.S. boy names (right scale, #1 at the top)