How Many People Are Named Bakari?
An estimated 1,557 people in the United States have the first name Bakari. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 23 years old, and Bakari peaked in popularity in 2024 with 85 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Bakari as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Bakari paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,557
About 1 in 220,138 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
23
years old
Peak Year
2024
85 births
Total Registered
1,593
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Bakari
Bakari is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 1,593 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Bakari as a male name
Ranked #1,876 in 2024
85 male births in 2024
Peak: 2024 (85 births)
Bakari: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Bakari span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 338 babies were registered. Bakari remains highly popular today, with recent registration numbers near its historical peak.
Bakari by Decade
How has Bakari tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Bakari by State
Birth registrations for Bakari span all 12 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Georgia, Florida. The lowest are in Tennessee, South Carolina, Louisiana. On average, about 18 Bakaris were registered per state.
Bakari + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Bakari as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Bakari
Other first names starting with B with a similar number of bearers.
Bakari: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Bakari?
We estimate approximately 1,557 people named Bakari are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 220,138 Americans share this first name.
Is Bakari a common name?
Bakari is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 92.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,593 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Bakari most popular?
Bakari reached peak popularity in 2024, when 85 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Bakari is approximately 23 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Bakari a male name?
Bakari is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Bakari Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Bakari Smith, Bakari Johnson, Bakari Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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