Jamere
Masculine
Jamere is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 1,805 boys against 22 girls since 1880.
Jamere belongs to the American family of names built on a Ja- opening and a stressed final syllable, a shape English does not otherwise produce.
How old is the name Jamere?
Jamere first appears in US birth records in 1980 — 45 years ago. The typical Jamere alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 1,800 people named Jamere are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jamere most popular?
Jamere peaked in 1989, reaching #1590 nationally. Today it ranks #3513, 1,923 places below that high. See the whole 1989 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Jamere
Ours, offered as ours. What this family of names did to English is worth stating plainly. English pulls stress to the front of a word and leaves the tail light; Jamere puts the weight at the end and holds the final vowel open, which is a rhythm the language had to acquire. Whether it came in from French, from Spanish or from the ear of the family that first used it, no source records. But the effect is real, deliberate, and now thoroughly at home.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source language is established. The construction is documented: a Ja- opening that has been the most productive in American naming since the 1970s, and a -mere ending shared with Jamir, Demere and Lamere in records of the same decades.
Pronouncing Jamere
juh-MEER
Two syllables with the stress on the second. Some families say juh-MAIR.
Nicknames for Jamere
Moderate
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
- 1980
- Most boys named
- 200996 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1590reached in 1989
- Change vs 2024
- +6.7%32 in 2025, from 30
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.
Jamere in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Ohio, Texas, Illinois.
Jameres among us
people named Jamere are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 53,377 born in 2025 was named Jamere
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Bennet test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jamere's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Bennet climbed just as high around 1910, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Bennet's path sketches the road Jamere is walking now.
Jamere 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 Jamere is headed
Jamere is easing off slowly — about 19% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium 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.
Jamere beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Jamere in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Jay is a plain, permanent short form.
- Read correctly on sight by most English speakers.
- It belongs to a documented American naming tradition rather than standing alone.
- The final vowel is unsettled between MEER and MAIR.
- Jamere, Jamir and Jameer are all in use and none is dominant.
- There is no documented meaning, only a construction.
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Frequently asked
- How many Jameres are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,800 people named Jamere are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jamere in 2025?
- Jamere ranks #3513 among US boy names in 2025, with 32 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Jamere?
- About 1 in every 53,377 US boys born in 2025 was named Jamere — 32 in all.
- Will my child share the name Jamere with classmates?
- Jamere will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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