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Jamarion

Masculine

1985high 2005
#1778 in the U.S.stepping back from its peak
falling90 boys in 2025

Jamarion joins a Ja- front to the -marion ending, and it belongs to one of the largest built-name families in modern American English.

How old is the name Jamarion?

Jamarion first appears in US birth records in 1985 — 40 years ago. The typical Jamarion alive today was born around 2009, making them about 16 years old. About 7,600 people named Jamarion are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Jamarion most popular?

Jamarion peaked in 2005, reaching #418 nationally. Today it ranks #1778, 1,360 places below that high. See the whole 2005 chart.

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Where it comes from

Our story of Jamarion

Our story of Jamarion is a story of an extended family. Amari came first, then Jamari, then the longer -marion forms: Jamarion, Damarion, Kamarion, Amarion. The group runs to a dozen members and none of them descends from any other. What they share is four syllables, a stress in the third, and a set of interchangeable fronts. Jamarion appears in the American registers in the 1990s and rises through the 2000s. That is a real history and a documented one.

Meaningnot established

Not established

No established etymology. The Ja- front and the -marion ending were both productive in American naming from the 1980s, giving Jamarion, Damarion, Amarion and Kamarion. Occasional attributions to Latin or Swahili are not documented. It is a modern American coinage.

Pronouncing Jamarion

juh-MAIR-ee-un

Four syllables, stress on the second. Jamarion and Jamarian are said identically.

Nicknames for Jamarion

Moderate

MariTaken from the middle of the name, and a short form with its own record
JayThe front sound alone, and a name in its own right with a large record
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1985–202564032006409019852025

US babies named Jamarion per year from 1985 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#4181980s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1985
Most boys named
2005640 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#418reached in 2005
Change vs 2024
−10.9%90 in 2025, from 101
Jamarion is past its biggest year. The count topped out at 640 boys in 2005 and has eased 86% since — the slow half of a naming cycle, where a name stays familiar while getting steadily less common. The move since 2024: down 10.9%.

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.

Jamarion in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Damarion in English — related form
  • Jamarian in English — spelling variant
  • Jamari in English — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Mississippi, Florida.

Jamarions among us

7,600

people named Jamarion are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 18,979 born in 2025 was named Jamarion

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Jamarion

#1778
Jamarion on the 2025 chart
#828
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Jamarion went to 90 boys in 2025, but Jamarrion is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 100, which makes it the 828th most-given boys’ name of the year — 950 places above the chart.

  • Jamarion90
  • Jamarrion10

About 1 boy in 17,081 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 18,979 for Jamarion itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Joesph test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jamarion's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Joesph climbed just as high around 1955, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Joesph's path sketches the road Jamarion is walking now.

40%chance Jamarion will feel “very 2010s” by 2040
Jamarion, aligned on its peakJoesph· peak 1955not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+70 yrsJoesph · #5625Jamarion today
Jamarion today is about where Joesph stood in 1975 — 20 years past a #419-sized peak. By 1990, Joesph had settled around #1246.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Jamarion sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Jamarion is headed

19852030

US babies named Jamarion per year, 1985 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Jamarion should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady-14% by 2030projected around #2,074 in 2030

High confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Jamarion beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Jamarion in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Jamarionthis name90#1778Haroon90#1778Makhi90#1778Xion90#1778Irving90#1778

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • Jay and Mari are two short forms, both with real records.
  • Four syllables with a strong second, a rhythm that carries unusually well.
  • It belongs to a large and well-documented American naming family.
What to consider
  • There is no inherited meaning, and honest sources say so.
  • Damarion and Amarion are close enough to cause constant confusion.
  • Four syllables make it long for everyday use.

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Frequently asked

How many Jamarions are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 7,600 people named Jamarion are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Jamarion?
Jamarion is the most-used spelling in US records — 90 of the 100 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Jamarrion.
How popular is the name Jamarion in 2025?
Jamarion ranks #1778 among US boy names in 2025, with 90 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Jamarion?
About 1 in every 18,979 US boys born in 2025 was named Jamarion — 90 in all.
Will my child share the name Jamarion with classmates?
Jamarion will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Jamarion

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Haroon#1778 · Makhi#1778 · Xion#1778 · Irving#1778 · Edrick#1778 · Xyleek#1778 · Marlin#1778 · Elon#1778

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