Fun Facts About the Name Jomari
- 431 babies named Jomari: U.S. records list 431 babies given the name Jomari from 1880 through 2025. Even 59 girls received the name Jomari - about 1 girl for every 6 boys.
What Does the Name Jomari Mean?
Jomari is a modern compound given name, best established in the Philippines, that joins a Jo- element with -mari. The first part is normally taken from Joseph (or occasionally from John), and the second from Maria, the Latin form of Mary used in Catholic devotion. Joseph comes from the Hebrew Yosef, commonly explained as "he will add." The origin of Mary, from the Hebrew Miryam, is disputed; proposed explanations include "beloved," "bitter," and "rebellion," and none is settled.
Because Jomari is a combination rather than a name with one inherited root, it has no independent literal translation. The name works as a pairing of two devotional names, so its meaning is the combined sense of those names rather than a new word with its own etymology.
Jomari Name History & Origins
Jomari belongs to a group of names formed by joining Joseph and Mary - Jomar, Jomari, Jomarie - which are particularly common in the Philippines, where the two names are central to Catholic devotion and are frequently combined in baptismal names. The form ending in -i or -ie is used for both boys and girls, while the shorter Jomar is more often given to boys. The same pattern appears among Filipino families in the United States and elsewhere.
Standalone Mari is also a name in its own right in several unrelated languages, including Japanese, Basque, Welsh, and Finnish, but those names have separate origins and are not the source of the second element in Jomari. Spellings vary - Jomari, Jomarie, Jomary - and no single form has been standardized in English.
How Popular is the Name Jomari?
Jomari has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2015. Its best rank was #4,621 in 2015.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | #15,883 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #18,610 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2008 | #13,143 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2007 | #18,908 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2006 | #16,038 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2005 | #13,659 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2004 | #17,318 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #15,212 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1996 | #11,088 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1994 | #14,412 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,157 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #6,611 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2023 | #9,305 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2022 | #10,295 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2021 | #7,336 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2020 | #7,782 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #9,271 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #5,652 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2017 | #5,651 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2016 | #7,363 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2015 | #4,621 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2014 | #6,462 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2013 | #5,521 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2012 | #7,277 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2011 | #7,226 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2010 | #5,876 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2009 | #5,940 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2008 | #5,622 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2007 | #7,867 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2006 | #6,273 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 2005 | #5,427 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2004 | #8,504 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2003 | #5,709 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2002 | #6,778 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2001 | #6,215 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2000 | #7,093 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1999 | #6,792 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1998 | #5,012 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1997 | #6,346 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1996 | #5,352 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1995 | #9,528 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #8,242 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #9,062 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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