Jomar
Masculine
Jomar is a Puerto Rican and Brazilian blend name, and blend naming — taking syllables from both parents — is one of the most characteristic habits of Latin American naming.
How old is the name Jomar?
Jomar first appears in US birth records in 1973 — 52 years ago. The typical Jomar alive today was born around 2006, making them about 19 years old. About 1,900 people named Jomar are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jomar most popular?
Jomar peaked in 2005, reaching #1076 nationally. Today it ranks #4139, 3,063 places below that high. See the whole 2005 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Jomar
Ours, offered as ours. Blend naming is a genuinely distinctive Latin American practice: Jomar, Marijo, Anaisa, Yoselin and hundreds of others are made by taking a syllable from each parent, and the result is a name that belongs to one family only. It means the etymology is different in every household, which frustrates dictionaries and is exactly the point. A name that documents a marriage is doing something no inherited name can.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No fixed meaning. Blend names take their elements from the parents' names, so the same spelling can be José plus María in one family and Joana plus Marcos in another. The construction is documented and the content varies by household.
Pronouncing Jomar
ho-MAR
Two syllables with the stress on the second; the j is a throat sound in Spanish.
Nicknames for Jomar
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
- 1973
- Most boys named
- 2005153 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1076reached in 2005
- Change vs 2024
- 0.0%25 in 2025, from 25
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.
Jomar in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Jomar in Portuguese — same name
- Jomar in Spanish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania.
Jomars among us
people named Jomar are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 68,323 born in 2025 was named Jomar
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 Derry test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jomar's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Derry climbed just as high around 1957, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Derry's path sketches the road Jomar is walking now.
Jomar 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 Jomar is headed
Jomar should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
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.
Jomar beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Jomar in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Five letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- Every letter is sounded, so Spanish speakers read it correctly at first sight.
- It belongs to a genuinely distinctive Latin American naming practice.
- The Spanish j is a throat sound English speakers will render as a j.
- The meaning depends entirely on the parents' names and is different in each family.
- English readers do not know where the stress falls.
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Frequently asked
- How many Jomars are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,900 people named Jomar are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jomar in 2025?
- Jomar ranks #4139 among US boy names in 2025, with 25 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Jomar?
- About 1 in every 68,323 US boys born in 2025 was named Jomar — 25 in all.
- Will my child share the name Jomar with classmates?
- Jomar will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Jomar
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
Mose#4139 · Lucious#4139 · Karsten#4139 · Nikita#4139 · Hasani#4139 · Fionn#4139 · Josey#4139 · Earnest#4139
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