Jamar
Jamar was the 2066th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 72 babies. Its best year was 1982, when it ranked 361st; the most babies were born in 1989 (595). Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,020 places. More babies were named Jamar in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,066 boys, down 530 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 72boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1989595 babies
- Total since 1880
- 16,037babies recorded
Jamar popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 73 since 1975.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,066 | 72 |
| 2020 | #1,536 | 108 |
| 2010 | #801 | 271 |
| 2000 | #617 | 304 |
| 1990 | #419 | 543 |
| 1980 | #378 | 457 |
| 1970 | #2,556 | 14 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Jamar, counting every spelling?
Jamar is the most common spelling of a name family that had 94 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 94 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamar | 72 | #2,066 | 519 |
| Jamarr | 16 | #5,705 | 117 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Jamar?
72 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Jamar (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Jamar born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 116 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Jamar.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Jamar?
About 15,300 people born in the US named Jamar are alive today, with a median age of 33; half are between 20 and 41. That makes Jamar mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Jamar by state
How common Jamar was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Louisiana (4.1×), Georgia (1.8×), Florida (1.7×). In 37 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Jamar: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Jamar, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Jamar
How popular is the name Jamar?
Jamar was the 2066th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 72 babies. Its best year was 1982, when it ranked 361st; the most babies were born in 1989 (595). Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,020 places. More babies were named Jamar in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Jamar a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Jamar in the US.
Where is Jamar most popular?
In 2021–2025, Jamar was most common in Louisiana (0.24 per 1,000 boys), followed by Georgia and Florida.