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
- 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
Rank among boys' names. Jamar has never cracked the top 300 here.
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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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 1987
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Delaware#81 · 1 in 458
- Virginia#153 · 1 in 1,011
- Maryland#156 · 1 in 1,078
- New Jersey#157 · 1 in 1,134
- South Carolina#183 · 1 in 1,072
Best ever in a state: #81 in Delaware, 1987.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | #81 | 9 | 1 in 458 |
| Virginia | #153 | 39 | 1 in 1,011 |
| Maryland | #156 | 27 | 1 in 1,078 |
| New Jersey | #157 | 44 | 1 in 1,134 |
| South Carolina | #183 | 20 | 1 in 1,072 |
| District of Columbia | #195 | 8 | 1 in 1,002 |
| Nebraska | #219 | 5 | 1 in 2,136 |
| Michigan | #223 | 33 | 1 in 1,959 |
| North Carolina | #233 | 24 | 1 in 1,730 |
| Pennsylvania | #244 | 30 | 1 in 2,587 |
| Connecticut | #261 | 8 | 1 in 2,670 |
| Ohio | #309 | 19 | 1 in 4,015 |
| Georgia | #321 | 16 | 1 in 2,847 |
| Illinois | #323 | 29 | 1 in 2,817 |
| Louisiana | #324 | 15 | 1 in 2,144 |
| Kentucky | #329 | 6 | 1 in 3,981 |
| Florida | #344 | 27 | 1 in 2,945 |
| Missouri | #345 | 9 | 1 in 3,971 |
| New York | #347 | 40 | 1 in 3,141 |
| Indiana | #401 | 7 | 1 in 5,276 |
| Tennessee | #477 | 5 | 1 in 6,447 |
| California | #544 | 37 | 1 in 6,453 |
| Texas | #991 | 8 | 1 in 17,929 |
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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
- 395 spots since 2024 (#1,661 → #2,056)
- 522 spots since 2020 (#1,534 → #2,056)
- 1,010 spots since 2015 (#1,046 → #2,056)
- Biggest jump: 421 spots in 1972 (#1,181 → #760)
- Biggest drop: 160 spots in 2017 (#993 → #1,153)
- Debuted 1967
- Peaked 1982 at #360 (494 births)
- Births halved by 2012, 30 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1972–2013
- 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
- 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.
Jamar in 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 193,181 of them was named Jamar, which outranked 44.6% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,788Yvonna10
- #6,788Zarah10
- #6,788Zehra10
- #7,353Jamar9
- #7,353Abi9
- #7,353Abigael9
- #7,353Adi9
- #7,987Aarin8
- #7,987Adrena8
- #7,987Africa8
Tied with 633 names at #7,353; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 3,764 of them was named Jamar, which outranked 95.3% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).