Jamaar
Masculine
Jamaar is Jamar with a doubled a, an American name of the seventies and eighties with a long, open middle. Neither spelling has a documented source, though Jamar is sometimes linked to an Arabic word it does not come from.
How old is the name Jamaar?
Jamaar first appears in US birth records in 1972 — 53 years ago. The typical Jamaar alive today was born around 1988, making them about 37 years old. About 600 people named Jamaar are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jamaar most popular?
Jamaar peaked in 1982, reaching #1487 nationally. See the whole 1982 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Jamaar
Jamar was one of the confident new names of the seventies, and Jamaar stretches its middle with a second a, the way Dutch and some transliterations write a long vowel. People sometimes connect Jamar to the Arabic jamr, 'glowing embers', and the image is a warm one, but the record does not show that any family meant it. What Jamaar has is its own sound: a strong start and a long, open finish.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Jamaar doubles the a of Jamar, and nothing records why. Jamar resembles the Arabic jamr, 'embers', but is not documented as coming from it.
Pronouncing Jamaar
juh-MAR
Two syllables with the stress on the second.
Nicknames for Jamaar
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1972
- Most boys named
- 198242 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1487reached in 1982
- Change vs 2022
- −16.7%5 in 2023, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Jamaars among us
people named Jamaar are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Jamaar sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Strong and easy to say.
- Rare, so a Jamaar is unlikely to meet another.
- Close to Jamar, a name many people know.
- People will write Jamar.
- It is closely tied to its era.
- It has no documented meaning of its own.
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Frequently asked
- How many Jamaars are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Jamaar are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jamaar in 2025?
- Jamaar is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Jamaar with classmates?
- Jamaar will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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