Jamara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- juh-MAR-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Jamara is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
Where does Jamara come from?
Modern: feminine of Jamar
Is Jamara a girl's or a boy's name?
Jamara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jamara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Jamara, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 37 girls. It first appears in the records in 1966.
Half of all the girls named Jamara in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jamara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 25 | #5,571 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,708 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 36 | #3,894 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,105 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 37 | #3,545 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,522 |
| 1999 | 33 | #3,635 |
| 1998 | 33 | #3,570 |
| 1997 | 31 | #3,623 |
| 1996 | 33 | #3,424 |
| 1995 | 27 | #3,873 |
| 1994 | 34 | #3,297 |
| 1993 | 28 | #3,771 |
| 1992 | 31 | #3,497 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,667 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,853 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,685 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,742 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
Names like Jamara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Samira Amira Aaliyah Jaliyah Khadija Zaira Aliya Samara Salma Safa Aisha Summer
Names related to Jamara
Jamaria Jamira Jamyra Jameria Jamora Jamarie Jamera Jamariah
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Jamara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jamara, updated 20 October 2026.