How popular is the baby name Omari in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Omari.
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The name Kanye debuted in the SSA’s baby name data in 2002. It saw peak usage just two years later, in 2004:
2007: 53 boys named Kanye
2006: 101 boys named Kanye
2005: 202 boys (and 5 girls) named Kanye [rank: 893rd]
2004: 509 boys (and 19 girls) named Kanye [rank: 486th]
2003: 87 boys named Kanye
2002: 5 boys named Kanye
2001: unlisted
Also in 2004, the similar names Kanyae, Jakanye and Dekanye debuted, and the name Kanya popped up for the first time as a boy name.
The influence, of course, was rapper/producer Kanye (pronounced kahn-yay) West.
His successful debut album, The College Dropout (2004), is what boosted the name to peak usage. Even before that, though, he was becoming famous as an in-house producer for Roc-A-Fella Records. He worked on Jay-Z’s 2001 album The Blueprint, for instance.
How did he come to have the name “Kanye”? Here’s what his late mother Donda West wrote in her 2007 book Raising Kanye:
Only one thing was missing — the perfect name for the perfect baby. With all of the excitement around the pregnancy, we’d never picked out names. So my mother and I began thumbing through this book of African names I’d bought. I was very Afrocentric and so was Ray. We wanted our child to have a name that represented his culture and stood for something. We wanted him to have a strong name.
Mother and I found the name “Kanye” in this book. It was an Ethiopian name that meant “the only one.” I knew he would be our only child, set apart, and special.
My mother found his middle name in the Os. She chose “Omari,” which means “wise man.” Kanye Omari West. Mother pointed out that his initials would be K.O. She liked that it stood for knockout. We asked Ray about the names and he was cool with both Kanye for the first name and Omari as the middle name. So we made it official.
(I haven’t been able to confirm this particular origin/meaning of Kanye — or even figure out which name-book Donda was using — but I can tell you that there’s a village in Botswana called Kanye, which is interesting.)
What are your thoughts on the name Kanye? Would you considering using it?
If you’re on the hunt for baby names with a numerological value of 2, you’re in luck! Because today’s post features hundreds of 2-names.
Before we get to the names, though — how do we know that they’re “twos” in numerology?
Turning names into numbers
Here’s how to calculate the numerological value of a name.
First, for each letter, come up with a number to represent that letter’s position in the alphabet. (Letter A would be number 1, letter B would be number 2, and so forth.) Then, add all the numbers together. If the sum has two or more digits, add the digits together recursively until the result is a single digit. That single digit is the name’s numerological value.
For instance, the letters in the name Aurora correspond to the numbers 1, 21, 18, 15, 18, and 1. The sum of these numbers is 74. The digits of 74 added together equal 11, and the digits of 11 added together equal 2 — the numerological value of Aurora.
Baby names with a value of 2
Below you’ll find the most popular 2-names per gender, according to the latest U.S. baby name data. I’ve further sub-categorized them by total sums — just in case any of those larger numbers are significant to anyone.
2 via 11
The letters in the following baby names add up to 11, which reduces to two (1+1=2).
Girl names (2 via 11)
Boy names (2 via 11)
Adea, Fe, Aia
Aj, Ja, Cabe
2 via 20
The letters in the following baby names add up to 20, which reduces to two (2+0=2).
There’s no definitive answer, unfortunately, because various numerological systems exist, and each one has its own interpretation of the number two. That said, if we look at a couple of modern numerology/astrology websites, we see 2 being described as “diplomatic,” “cooperative,” “peaceful,” “gentle,” and “understanding.”
We can also look at associations, which are a bit more concrete. Here are some things that are associated with the number 2:
Hands
Feet
Eyes
Ears
Lungs
Chopsticks
Knitting needles
Complementary pairings (e.g., pen and paper, bow and arrow, peanut butter and jelly)
Dualities (e.g., day and night, yin and yang, war and peace)
Boxing (2 competitors; 2 fists)
Partner dancing
DNA double helix
What does the number 2 mean to you? What are your strongest associations with the number?
P.S. To see names with other numerological values, check out the posts for the numbers one, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, and nine.
Which boy names increased and decreased the most in popularity from 2014 to 2015?
Here are two ways to look at it. The SSA’s way looks at ranking differences and covers the top 1,000 boy names (roughly). My way looks at raw number differences and takes all boy names on the SSA’s list into account.
Biggest Increases
Raw number increases (all boy names)
Ranking increases (top 1,000 boy names)
1. Oliver, +2,181 babies (9,411 to 11,592) 2. Matteo, +1,320 babies (835 to 2,155) 3. Grayson, +1,296 babies (6,556 to 7,852) 4. Mateo, +1,258 babies (3,729 to 4,987) 5. Lincoln, +1,150 babies (4,809 to 5,959) 6. Theodore, +895 babies (3,216 to 4,111) 7. Ezra, +893 babies (3,406 to 4,299) 8. Hudson, +779 babies (5,229 to 6,008) 9. Asher, +754 babies (4,305 to 5,059) 10. Wyatt, +750 babies (8,847 to 9,597)
1. Riaan, +1,360 spots (2,286th to 926th) 2. Huxley, +392 spots (1,354th to 962nd) 3. Wilder, +360 spots (1,324th to 964th) 4. Jaziel, +276 spots (1,215th to 939th) 5. Canaan, +271 spots (1,077th to 806th) 6. Kaison, +251 spots (981st to 730th) 7. Brixton, +212 spots (1,197th to 985th) 8. Ridge, +204 spots (1,136th to 932nd) 9. Omari, +198 spots (708th to 510th) 10. Jabari, +194 spots (1,139th to 945th)
Riaan was boosted by a celebrity baby born in late 2014 to Bollywood actors Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D’Souza.
Jaziel’s rise seems to be due to Jaziel Avilez, a young singer featured in the 2014 song “Padre Ejemplar” [vid] by Mexican group Los Titanes de Durango.
Omari’s rise can be traced back to American actor Omari Hardwick, who has appeared in the TV shows Being Mary Jane and Power lately, and Jabari’s to basketball player Jabari Parker, the second overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft.
Biggest Decreases
Raw number decreases (all boy names)
Ranking decreases (top 1,000 boy names)
1. Jase, -1,459 babies (3,737 to 2,278) 2. Jayden, -1,448 babies (12,923 to 11,475) 3. Joshua, -1,123 babies (10,843 to 9,720) 4. Andrew, -1,097 babies (11,124 to 10,027) 5. Michael, -1,079 babies (15,400 to 14,321) 6. Jacob, -996 babies (16,812 to 15,816) 7. Anthony, -974 babies (11,538 to 10,564) 8. William, -967 babies (16,776 to 15,809) 9. Jace, -965 babies (6,276 to 5,311) 10. Alexander, -902 babies (15,362 to 14,460)
1. Arnav, -666 spots (888th to 1,554th) 2. Jayse, -257 spots (910th to 1,167th) 3. Neymar, -240 spots (550th to 790th) 4. Rylee, -228 spots (879th to 1,107th) 5. Johnathon, -213 spots (915th to 1,128th) 6. Broderick, -195 spots (971st to 1,166th) 7. Brenden, -187 spots (711th to 898th) 8. Yael, -178 spots (913th to 1,091st) 9. Aidyn, -173 spots (925th to 1,098th) 10. Gavyn, -167 spots (944th to 1,111th)
I can remember Neymar debuting in 2010 under the influence was Brazilian footballer Neymar.
In 2014, the big winners were Oliver and Bode, and the big losers were Jayden and Bently.
In the girls’ top 50, Alexa, Paisley, Ellie and Violet replaced Arianna, Gabriella, Sadie and Sarah.
In the boys’ top 50, Grayson and Charles replaced Eli and Aaron.
Impressive rises:
Alexa rose 31 places, from 63rd to 32nd
Violet rose 17 places, from 67th to 50th
Grayson rose 16 places, from 63rd to 47th
Oliver rose 13 places, from 32nd to 19th
Riley (girl name) rose 12 places, from 47th to 35th
Impressive drops:
Arianna dropped 16 places, from 40th to 56th
Gabriella dropped 11 places, from 43rd to 54th
Anna dropped 10 places, from 34th to 44th
There’s much more to come! Until then, I’ll quote liberally from the SSA’s press release:
Each year, the list reveals the effect of pop-culture on naming trends. This year’s winners for biggest jump in popularity in the Top 1,000 are Alaia and Riaan.
Alaia jumped 2,012 spots on the girls’ side to number 664, from number 2,676 in 2014. Perhaps this can be attributed to high fashion designer Azzedine Alaia, or maybe it is because of Alaia Baldwin, the model/daughter of actor Stephen Baldwin.
Riaan increased 1,360 spots for the boys, from number 2,286 in 2014 to number 926. Of Indian origin, it is also the name of the young son of a well-known Bollywood actor, Riteish Deshmukh.
The second fastest riser for girls was Meilani. If you have ever watched MTV’s “Jersey Shore,” and maybe even if you haven’t, you’ve heard of Jenni “JWoww” Farley. She gave birth to daughter Meilani in 2014. On a different American shore, out in Hawaii, is another well-known Meilani–Bethany Meilani Hamilton, the professional surfer whose story of surviving a shark attack was documented in the movie “Soul Surfer.”
For boys, it was Huxley (a brave new comeback for the late science fiction writer?).
Some other notable names in the top 10 biggest increase category, and some possible reasons for their newfound popularity:
– Omari and Jabari for boys. Omari Hardwick is an actor, known for his roles in “Sparkle,” “The A-Team,” and BET Network’s “Being Mary Jane.” He currently stars in “Power,” a popular cable TV series. Jabari Parker is a professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks. He was the second overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft out of Duke.
– Adaline and Zelda for girls. “The Age of Adaline” is a 2015 fantasy film starring Blake Lively, Harrison Ford, Michiel Huisman, and Ellen Burstyn. As for Zelda, maybe the legend continues to grow?
I’ll also note that the name Isis dropped from 705th place (398 baby girls) in 2014 to 1770th place (117 baby girls) in 2015.
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