Kamar
Masculine · “the moon”
Kamar is given to both — 1,576 boys and 56 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Kamar is the moon in Arabic, and specifically the moon as it is seen rather than as an object: the word that fills Arabic poetry and the phrase for a face like the full moon, which is a compliment there and has been for centuries. The same spelling is also used as a modern American name built from familiar syllables.
How old is the name Kamar?
Kamar first appears in US birth records in 1976 — 49 years ago. The typical Kamar alive today was born around 2008, making them about 17 years old. About 1,600 people named Kamar are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kamar most popular?
Kamar peaked in 2006, reaching #1617 nationally. Today it ranks #4857, 3,240 places below that high. See the whole 2006 chart.
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Where it comes from
From qamar to Kamar
The story of Kamar
The moon carries more weight in Arabic than in English: it appears constantly in poetry, it governs the calendar and the fasts, and a beautiful face has been compared to the fourteenth-night moon for a thousand years. Names built on qamar are given across the Arab world and the wider Muslim world, more often to girls than to boys in some places. The k spelling reflects English transliteration habits, and in American records it sits alongside a set of unrelated Ka- names that sound the same.
Meaningscholars disagree
the moon
Arabic qamar, the moon, is a real word and the source of names such as Qamar and Qamaruddin, moon of the faith. Transliterated with a k it lands beside the American Ka- names, and some families choose it for that sound rather than for the Arabic word. Both roads reach the same spelling.
How the name formed
- qamar
- Kamar
Related forms: قمر · Kamer · Qamar
Pronouncing Kamar
kuh-MAR
Two syllables with the stress at the end. Arabic begins it with a q made further back in the throat than an English k, which English speakers approximate without trouble.
Nicknames for Kamar
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
- 1976
- Most boys named
- 200689 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1617reached in 2006
- Change vs 2024
- −16.7%20 in 2025, from 24
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.
Kamar in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- قمر in Arabic — transliteration
- Kamer in Turkish — same name
- Qamar in Urdu — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, Georgia, Michigan.
Kamars among us
people named Kamar are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 85,404 born in 2025 was named Kamar
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Kamar
- #4857
- Kamar on the 2025 chart
- #896
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Kamar went to 20 boys in 2025, but Camar and Qamar are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 32, which makes it the 896th most-given boys’ name of the year — 3,961 places above the chart.
- Kamar20
- Camar6
- Qamar6
About 1 boy in 53,377 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 85,404 for Kamar 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
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Marque test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kamar's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Marque climbed just as high around 1988, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Marque's path sketches the road Kamar is walking now.
Kamar 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
Kamar beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kamar in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is a single image that anyone anywhere can picture.
- Kam works as a short form and is entirely familiar in English.
- Five letters and two syllables make it quick to write and to say.
- Qamar is the closer transliteration, so Arabic-speaking relatives may spell it differently.
- Kamari and Kamar are close enough to be confused in writing.
- In several Arabic-speaking countries the name is given mainly to girls, which is worth knowing.
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Kamar
Masculine · #4857 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Kamars are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,600 people named Kamar are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Kamar?
- Kamar is the most-used spelling in US records — 20 of the 32 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Camar and Qamar.
- How popular is the name Kamar in 2025?
- Kamar ranks #4857 among US boy names in 2025, with 20 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kamar?
- About 1 in every 85,404 US boys born in 2025 was named Kamar — 20 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kamar with classmates?
- Kamar will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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