Jamar
- Last seen for girls in 1991 at #10,271
- #2,056 for boys in 2025, 72 births
- Given to boys 99.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1982 · 494 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 15,964since 1967
Jamar over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Jamar has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,056 | 72 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,661 | 101 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,576 | 110 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,611 | 108 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,424 | 128 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,534 | 108 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,365 | 131 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,276 | 144 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,153 | 164 | |
| 2016 | — | #993 | 205 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,046 | 191 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,014 | 201 | |
| 2013 | — | #894 | 233 | |
| 2012 | — | #857 | 246 | |
| 2011 | — | #832 | 260 | |
| 2010 | — | #801 | 271 | |
| 2009 | — | #759 | 302 | |
| 2008 | — | #721 | 320 | |
| 2007 | — | #746 | 300 | |
| 2006 | — | #647 | 358 | |
| 2005 | — | #706 | 290 | |
| 2004 | — | #638 | 330 | |
| 2003 | — | #686 | 282 | |
| 2002 | — | #618 | 320 | |
| 2001 | — | #575 | 358 | |
| 2000 | — | #617 | 304 | |
| 1999 | — | #652 | 265 | |
| 1998 | — | #656 | 265 | |
| 1997 | — | #645 | 258 | |
| 1996 | — | #664 | 249 | |
| 1995 | — | #631 | 267 | |
| 1994 | — | #567 | 326 | |
| 1993 | — | #525 | 377 | |
| 1992 | — | #494 | 410 | |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #450 | 477 |
| 1990 | — | #419 | 543 | |
| 1989 | — | #376 | 595 | |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 | #375 | 534 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | #387 | 496 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | #368 | 508 |
| 1985 | — | #404 | 447 | |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #379 | 461 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #366 | 479 |
| 1982 | — | #360 | 494 | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #364 | 480 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #377 | 457 |
| 1979 | — | #404 | 385 | |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | #460 | 303 |
| 1977 | — | #495 | 270 | |
| 1976 | — | #564 | 206 | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #630 | 164 |
| 1974 | — | #820 | 96 | |
| 1973 | — | #751 | 114 | |
| 1972 | — | #760 | 109 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,181 | 48 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,509 | 14 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,914 | 19 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,966 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1967
The first year at least five boys were named Jamar! It came in at #3,966, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1967–1968, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
Where Jamar is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Alabama#685 · 1 in 3,586
- North Carolina#1,277 · 1 in 10,294
- Georgia#1,350 · 1 in 10,044
- Florida#1,831 · 1 in 19,107
- Texas#2,574 · 1 in 35,010
Best ever in a state: #81 in Delaware, 1987.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Alabama | #685 | 6 | 1 in 3,586 |
| North Carolina | #1,277 | 5 | 1 in 10,294 |
| Georgia | #1,350 | 5 | 1 in 10,044 |
| Florida | #1,831 | 5 | 1 in 19,107 |
| Texas | #2,574 | 5 | 1 in 35,010 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Jamar
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 522 spots since 2020 (#1,534 → #2,056)
- Biggest jump: 421 spots in 1972
- Biggest drop: 160 spots in 2017
Rise & fade · boys
15 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1967
- Peaked 1982 at #360 (494 births)
- Births halved by 2012, 30 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 43 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1972–2013
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,363
- Highest: 1 in 3,363 boys born in 1989 were named Jamar (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 23,723 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #360 in 1982, was only 1 in 3,673 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 31.0% of all boys named Jamar (4,951) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30 | #1,914 (1969) | #3,184 |
| 1970s | 1,709 | #404 (1979) | #857 |
| 1980s | 4,951 | #360 (1982) | #376 |
| 1990s | 3,437 | #419 (1990) | #570 |
| 2000s | 3,164 | #575 (2001) | #671 |
| 2010s | 2,046 | #801 (2010) | #1,023 |
| 2020s | 627 | #1,424 (2021) | #1,644 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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