Jamar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- juh-MAR
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,056 for boys
Jamar is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,056th for boys in the US (72 babies).
Where does Jamar come from?
Modern: modern American coinage
More on Wiktionary.
Is Jamar a girl's or a boy's name?
Jamar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 72 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jamar in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jamar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Jamar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Jamar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,056th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 72 about 1 in 24,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 72 boys in the US were named Jamar, making it the 2,056th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,534th. Its busiest year was 1989, with 595 boys. It first appears in the records in 1967.
2025 had fewer boys named Jamar than any year since 1971.
Half of all the boys named Jamar in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 88 boys in the US were given Jamar or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,597, up from #2,056 for this spelling alone.
- Jamar 72
- Jamarr 16
Jamar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72 | #2,056 |
| 2024 | 101 | #1,661 |
| 2023 | 110 | #1,576 |
| 2022 | 108 | #1,611 |
| 2021 | 128 | #1,424 |
| 2020 | 108 | #1,534 |
| 2019 | 131 | #1,365 |
| 2018 | 144 | #1,276 |
| 2017 | 164 | #1,153 |
| 2016 | 205 | #993 |
| 2015 | 191 | #1,046 |
| 2014 | 201 | #1,014 |
| 2013 | 233 | #894 |
| 2012 | 246 | #857 |
| 2011 | 260 | #832 |
| 2010 | 271 | #801 |
| 2009 | 302 | #759 |
| 2008 | 320 | #721 |
| 2007 | 300 | #746 |
| 2006 | 358 | #647 |
| 2005 | 290 | #706 |
| 2004 | 330 | #638 |
| 2003 | 282 | #686 |
| 2002 | 320 | #618 |
| 2001 | 358 | #575 |
| 2000 | 304 | #617 |
| 1999 | 265 | #650 |
| 1998 | 265 | #656 |
| 1997 | 258 | #645 |
| 1996 | 249 | #663 |
| 1995 | 267 | #630 |
| 1994 | 326 | #566 |
| 1993 | 377 | #525 |
| 1992 | 410 | #494 |
| 1991 | 477 | #450 |
| 1990 | 543 | #418 |
| 1989 | 595 | #376 |
| 1988 | 534 | #375 |
| 1987 | 496 | #387 |
| 1986 | 508 | #368 |
| 1985 | 447 | #404 |
| 1984 | 461 | #379 |
| 1983 | 479 | #366 |
| 1982 | 494 | #360 |
| 1981 | 480 | #364 |
| 1980 | 457 | #377 |
| 1979 | 385 | #404 |
| 1978 | 303 | #460 |
| 1977 | 270 | #495 |
| 1976 | 206 | #564 |
| 1975 | 164 | #630 |
| 1974 | 96 | #820 |
| 1973 | 114 | #751 |
| 1972 | 109 | #760 |
| 1971 | 48 | #1,181 |
| 1970 | 14 | #2,508 |
| 1969 | 19 | #1,913 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
Names like Jamar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Umar, Ahmed, Muhammad, Hamza, Amir, Abdullah, Hassan, Musa, Ibrahim, Mustafa, Khalid, Ammar
Other spellings of Jamar
Names related to Jamar
Jamari, Jahmari, Jahmar, Jamir, Jameer, Jamere, Jamier, Jameir, Jomar
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jamar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jamar, updated 20 October 2026.