Recorded 1973–2025 · United States
Bakari was most popular in 2025, when 94 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,686 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,686, with 94 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,687 people named Bakari.
Bakari first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1973, which makes it about 52 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 53 of the 53 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,687 American births named Bakari between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,641 are estimated to be alive today.
94 American babies were named Bakari in 2025, ranking #3,686 that year.
Bakari is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 69 births a year, against 21 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +227% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Bakari is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 1,687 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 1,641 Americans named Bakari are alive today — 97% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 21 years old, and half are between 7 and 34.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org