Kemar
- #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
- Peak · boys
- 2009 · 34 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 606since 1989
Kemar over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kemar has never cracked the top 3,000 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.
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| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,803 | 12 |
| 2024 | #6,832 | 12 |
| 2023 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #6,147 | 14 |
| 2021 | #6,698 | 12 |
| 2020 | #6,296 | 13 |
| 2019 | #4,639 | 21 |
| 2018 | #6,036 | 14 |
| 2017 | #4,224 | 24 |
| 2016 | #4,943 | 19 |
| 2015 | #6,324 | 13 |
| 2014 | #4,538 | 21 |
| 2013 | #4,064 | 24 |
| 2012 | #3,625 | 29 |
| 2011 | #3,994 | 25 |
| 2010 | #5,741 | 15 |
| 2009 | #3,274 | 34 |
| 2008 | #3,921 | 26 |
| 2007 | #4,996 | 18 |
| 2006 | #3,524 | 29 |
| 2005 | #5,278 | 15 |
| 2004 | #5,007 | 16 |
| 2003 | #3,732 | 23 |
| 2002 | #3,670 | 23 |
| 2001 | #4,890 | 15 |
| 2000 | #5,920 | 11 |
| 1999 | #3,834 | 19 |
| 1998 | #4,413 | 15 |
| 1997 | #4,960 | 12 |
| 1996 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #4,508 | 13 |
| 1994 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | #5,002 | 11 |
| 1992 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #4,811 | 10 |
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First appearance
1989
The first year at least five boys were named Kemar! It came in at #4,811, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1990, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kemar is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Kemar in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 29 spots since 2024 (#6,832 → #6,803)
- 507 spots since 2020 (#6,296 → #6,803)
Rise & fade · boys
20 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1989
- Peaked 2009 at #3,274 (34 births)
- Births halved by 2010, 1 yr 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 58,340
- Highest: 1 in 58,340 boys born in 2009 were named Kemar (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 34.7% of all boys named Kemar (210) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1980s | 10 | #4,811 (1989) | #4,811 |
| 1990s | 112 | #3,834 (1999) | #5,353 |
| 2000s | 210 | #3,274 (2009) | #4,421 |
| 2010s | 205 | #3,625 (2012) | #4,813 |
| 2020s | 69 | #6,147 (2022) | #7,266 |
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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