Zamar
Boy · zah-MAR · Hebrew
Zamar is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “to sing praise, make music”. In 2025 it ranked 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).
What does Zamar mean?
Hebrew: from the Hebrew verb zamar
“to sing praise, make music”
A biblical Hebrew word for singing or playing music in praise of God, used in the Psalms.
- Say it
- zah-MAR
Is Zamar a girl's or a boy's name?
Zamar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zamar in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 4 boys.
Zamar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
How popular is Zamar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,248among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 71,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Zamar, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,342nd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the boys named Zamar in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zamar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,248 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 36 | #3,291 |
| 2022 | 27 | #3,992 |
| 2021 | 30 | #3,647 |
| 2020 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 29 | #3,704 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,777 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,369 |
| 2013 | 30 | #3,495 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 24 | #4,108 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
Names like Zamar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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