Given name & surname
Bakary
“one who is promised”
Bakary is a variant of Bakari. One interpretation is “one who is promised.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bakary is a variant of Bakari. One interpretation is “one who is promised.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bakary through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 142
- 142 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,270 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −38%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,270 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 388 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Bakary
- Bakary KonéBurkinabé footballerborn 1988
- Bakary SakoMalian-French footballer (born 1988)
- Bakary GassamaGambian football refereeborn 1979
- Bakary SaréIvorian footballerborn 1990
- Bakary SoumaréMalian footballerborn 1985
- Bakery JattaGambian association football playerborn 1998
- Bakary NimagaMalian footballerborn 1994
- Bakary N'Diayeassociation football playerborn 1998
- Bakary SoroIvorian footballerborn 1985
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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