Jamar Boy
How popular is Jamar?
#2,056 boy name in 2025
72 baby boys were named Jamar in the US in 2025, making it the 2056th most popular boy name.
Jamar popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,056 for boys (▼ 395 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 72 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-62% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,046 in 2015, #1,534 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1989 (595 boys) |
| Highest rank | #360 in 1982 |
| First recorded | 1967 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jamar counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jamir family of names ranked #291 for boys in 2025 (#294 the year before), with 1,158 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jamir | 495 | 43% |
| Jahmir | 366 | 32% |
| Jamar | 72 | 6% |
| Jamere | 32 | 3% |
| Jahmere | 17 | 1% |
| Jamire | 20 | 2% |
| Jamarr | 16 | 1% |
| Jaymar | 13 | 1% |
| Jahmyr | 59 | 5% |
| Jaymir | 20 | 2% |
| Jamirr | 7 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jamar is most popular
Babies named Jamar per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Jamar by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30 | #1,913 |
| 1970s | 1,709 | #404 |
| 1980s | 4,951 | #360 |
| 1990s | 3,437 | #418 |
| 2000s | 3,164 | #575 |
| 2010s | 2,046 | #801 |
| 2020s | 627 | #1,424 |
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Questions
- Is Jamar a boy or girl name?
- Jamar is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jamar were boys.
- How popular is the name Jamar?
- 72 baby boys were named Jamar in the US in 2025, making it the 2056th most popular boy name.
- When was Jamar most popular?
- Jamar peaked in 1989, when 595 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #360 in 1982.
- How many people are named Jamar?
- 16,037 babies have been named Jamar in the US since 1880. We estimate about 15,455 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 34.
- Where is Jamar most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jamar was most common in Louisiana, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.