How Many People Are Named Jamar?
people named Jamar are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 22,183 people in the US has this name
Based on 16,037 babies named Jamar in Social Security records from 1967 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
595 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Recently created name, possibly a blend of JAMAL and LAMAR. It has been in general use in America since the 1970s.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Jamar in English. Counting Jamar and these spellings together, about 15,997 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Jamar (99.5%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jamar alive today is about 30 years old, and 56% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 19 and 40 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jamar first appears in the records in 1967 and was given most often in 1989, to 595 babies. In 2025, 72 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1967 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jamar has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #361, in 1982. In 2025 it ranked #2,066.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,066 |
| Best rank | #361 (1982) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #373 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jamar alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jamar were born in New York than in any other state: about 1,373 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jamar was given 3.7 times as often in District of Columbia, 2.6 times in Louisiana and 2.5 times in New Jersey.
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