Jamarcus

#3,949 for boys in 2025, 27 births

Peak · boys
1994 · 203 births
Debut · boys
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,638
since 1975

Jamarcus over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Jamarcus has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #737, 1994boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#3,94927
2024#3,16138
2023#2,61450
2022#2,56353
2021#2,91842
2020#2,34757
2019#2,17065
2018#2,38555
2017#1,87178
2016#1,66395
2015#1,76786
2014#1,492108
2013#1,433115
2012#1,226144
2011#1,279134
2010#1,042186
2009#950212
2008#795276
2007#743301
2006#919206
2005#1,076153
2004#1,000165
2003#1,060146
2002#1,033148
2001#955161
2000#977152
1999#966149
1998#853171
1997#832174
1996#811177
1995#796182
1994#737203
1993#757190
1992#792175
1991#805164
1990#812157
1989#947116
1988#910110
1987#1,04084
1986#1,19963
1985#1,19062
1984#1,28052
1983#1,49041
1982#2,05926
1981#2,41820
1980#2,83116
1979#2,89715
1978#2,92914
1977#3,8369
1976#5,5875
1975#3,42810
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First appearance
1975

The first year at least five boys were named Jamarcus! It came in at #3,428, and was given to 10 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1976, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Jamarcus is popular in 1989

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #365 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,455 boysLAMississippi: #288 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,907 boysMSAlabama: #268 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,931 boysALGeorgia: #325 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 2,748 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Jamarcus, so not publishedHITexas: #588 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 6,439 boysTXFlorida: #1,000 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 17,864 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Alabama#268 · 1 in 1,931
  2. Mississippi#288 · 1 in 1,907
  3. Georgia#325 · 1 in 2,748
  4. Louisiana#365 · 1 in 2,455
  5. Texas#588 · 1 in 6,439

Best ever in a state: #120 in Mississippi, 2001.

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Alabama#268141 in 1,931
Mississippi#28891 in 1,907
Georgia#325181 in 2,748
Louisiana#365131 in 2,455
Texas#588231 in 6,439
Florida#1,00051 in 17,864
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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 Jamarcus
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 788 spots since 2024 (#3,161 → #3,949)
  • 1,602 spots since 2020 (#2,347 → #3,949)
  • 2,182 spots since 2015 (#1,767 → #3,949)
  • Biggest jump: 176 spots in 2007 (#919 → #743)
  • Biggest drop: 155 spots in 2009 (#795 → #950)
Rise & fade · boys
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1975
  • Peaked 1994 at #737 (203 births)
  • Births halved by 2015, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 19 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 1988–2001
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,895
  • Highest: 1 in 6,895 boys born in 2007 were named Jamarcus (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 63,262 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #737 in 1994, was only 1 in 9,517 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 34.1% of all boys named Jamarcus (1,920) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s53#2,897 (1979)#3,735
1980s590#910 (1988)#1,536
1990s1,742#737 (1994)#816
2000s1,920#743 (2007)#951
2010s1,066#1,042 (2010)#1,633
2020s267#2,347 (2020)#2,925

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.

Jamarcus in 1989

boys
#947
116 births · 1 in 17,249 boys

Top boys' names in 1989

  1. #1Michael65,415
  2. #2Christopher53,186
  3. #3Matthew45,375
  4. #4Joshua44,100
  5. #5David35,225
  6. #6Daniel35,007
  7. #7Andrew34,817
  8. #8Justin32,852
  9. #9James32,720
  10. #10Robert30,072
  11. #947Jamarcus116
More about 1989

boys

2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 17,249 of them was named Jamarcus, which outranked 89.7% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jamarcus
  1. #940Kendal117
  2. #940Louie117
  3. #940Rashaad117
  4. #947Jamarcus116
  5. #947Elvin116
  6. #947Marlin116
  7. #947Theron116
  8. #951Axel115
  9. #951Brandt115
  10. #951Denis115

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,314Kiara#7,270 → #956
  2. ↑ 5,870Alexande#6,426 → #556
  3. ↑ 1,111Kwame#1,768 → #657
  4. ↑ 766Kadeem#1,467 → #701
  5. ↑ 684Hakeem#1,270 → #586
Fallers
  1. ↓ 839Long#819 → #1,658
  2. ↓ 337Darell#981 → #1,318
  3. ↓ 294Whitney#890 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 269Trevin#840 → #1,109
  5. ↓ 252Curt#850 → #1,102

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1989 →