Kemar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KEE-mar
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Kemar is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
Where does Kemar come from?
Jamaican name of uncertain origin
More on Wiktionary.
Is Kemar a girl's or a boy's name?
Kemar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kemar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Kemar, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2009, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kemar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Kemar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
How popular is Kemar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,799th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Kemar, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 34 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the boys named Kemar in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kemar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,220 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 29 | #3,622 |
| 2011 | 25 | #3,992 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,918 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 29 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 23 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 23 | #3,665 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
Names like Kemar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Umar, Kian, Kayden, Musa, Muhammad, Aiden, Ahmed, Khalid, Ibrahim, Amir, Jayden
Names related to Kemar
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, “Kemar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kemar, updated 20 October 2026.