Jamon

Last seen for girls in 1978 at #8,562 · #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1978 · 64 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,742
since 1964

Jamon over time

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Rank among boys' names. Jamon has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,087, 1978boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#7,67910
2024#5,44317
2023#5,07519
2022#5,21518
2021#7,08911
2020#4,54021
2019#4,95119
2018#3,89127
2017#3,78128
2016#3,29334
2015#2,96639
2014#4,26323
2013#3,86426
2012#3,23134
2011#2,66345
2010#2,35454
2009#2,05067
2008#1,98171
2007#2,01669
2006#1,76978
2005#1,59586
2004#1,73173
2003#1,51385
2002#1,77265
2001#1,47283
2000#1,54178
1999#1,29494
1998#1,32290
1997#1,59963
1996#1,48068
1995#1,49164
1994#1,29681
1993#1,43166
1992#1,67751
1991#1,69948
1990#1,39564
1989#1,65847
1988#1,67142
1987#1,40052
1986#1,87332
1985#2,22624
1984#1,25154
1983#1,32749
1982#1,24256
1981#1,16962
1980#1,14563
1979#1,12863
1978#8,5626#1,08764
1977#1,21053
1976#1,19052
1975#1,70429
1974#1,29043
1973#1,92822
1972#2,41815
1971#2,36616
1970#2,21317
1969#4,4045
1968#3,3657
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First appearance
1964

The first year at least five boys were named Jamon! It came in at #3,601, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1965–1967, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Jamon
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 2,236 spots since 2024 (#5,443#7,679)
  • 3,139 spots since 2020 (#4,540#7,679)
  • 4,713 spots since 2015 (#2,966#7,679)
Rise & fade · boys
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1964
  • Peaked 1978 at #1,087 (64 births)
  • Births halved by 1985, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,427
  • Highest: 1 in 20,427 boys born in 1999 were named Jamon (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,087 in 1978, was only 1 in 25,654 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 27.5% of all boys named Jamon (755) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s18#3,365 (1968)#3,790
1970s374#1,087 (1978)#1,653
1980s481#1,145 (1980)#1,496
1990s689#1,294 (1999)#1,468
2000s755#1,472 (2001)#1,744
2010s329#2,354 (2010)#3,526
2020s96#4,540 (2020)#5,840

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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