Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Bakari

#3,478 most common boys' name of all time · #8,479 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1973–2025

Rank among boys
#3,478
Rank overall
#8,479 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
1,687
Since 2016
557
Peak year
2025 #1,736
Best rank
#1,687 1978
Girls Boys peak 94/yr
198020002020

Bakari first appears in 1973. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 94 94 #1,736
2024 — 85 85 #1,883
2023 — 57 57 #2,398
2022 — 55 55 #2,506
2021 — 52 52 #2,537
2020 — 46 46 #2,710
2019 — 41 41 #2,967
2018 — 63 63 #2,202
2017 — 39 39 #3,030
2016 — 25 25 #4,136
2015 — 25 25 #4,117
2014 — 22 22 #4,442
2013 — 18 18 #5,056
2012 — 27 27 #3,845
2011 — 13 13 #6,380
2010 — 30 30 #3,583
2009 — 28 28 #3,778
2008 — 35 35 #3,243
2007 — 27 27 #3,844
2006 — 22 22 #4,299
2005 — 28 28 #3,492
2004 — 31 31 #3,189
2003 — 25 25 #3,579
2002 — 35 35 #2,716
2001 — 33 33 #2,840
2000 — 25 25 #3,363
1999 — 28 28 #2,998
1998 — 47 47 #2,032
1997 — 34 34 #2,427
1996 — 38 38 #2,206
1995 — 40 40 #2,094
1994 — 28 28 #2,668
1993 — 31 31 #2,441
1992 — 24 24 #2,887
1991 — 38 38 #2,006
1990 — 30 30 #2,352
1989 — 26 26 #2,526
1988 — 21 21 #2,742
1987 — 22 22 #2,548
1986 — 18 18 #2,865
1985 — 18 18 #2,809
1984 — 18 18 #2,685
1983 — 19 19 #2,566
1982 — 22 22 #2,335
1981 — 24 24 #2,200
1980 — 22 22 #2,365
1979 — 18 18 #2,660
1978 — 33 33 #1,687
1977 — 28 28 #1,857
1976 — 28 28 #1,826
1975 — 23 23 #2,063
1974 — 20 20 #2,197
1973 — 8 8 #4,032