Zamar
Masculine · “to sing”
Zamar is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 618 boys against 6 girls since 1880.
Zamar is a Hebrew verb about music, and the same three letters give the words for singing, for a psalm and for pruning a vine.
How old is the name Zamar?
Zamar first appears in US birth records in 1990 — 35 years ago. The typical Zamar is a kid of about 11 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Zamar are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Zamar most popular?
Zamar peaked in 2023, reaching #3293 nationally. Today it ranks #4249, 956 places below that high. See the whole 2023 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Zamar
Ours, offered as ours. The Hebrew root here does two things that look unrelated: it means to sing or make music, and it means to prune a vine. The connection offered by the lexicographers is rhythm — the regular sound of the shears — but nobody is certain. Every psalm headed mizmor carries the word. Zamar in American records probably comes from elsewhere, and a root that covers both singing and gardening is worth naming.
Meaningscholars disagree
to sing, to make music
The Hebrew root z-m-r covers singing, playing an instrument and pruning; mizmor, a psalm, comes from it. Whether the modern given name derives from it or was built from the Za- and -mar pieces of American naming is not documented.
Pronouncing Zamar
zuh-MAR
Two syllables with the stress on the second. Hebrew stresses it the same way.
Nicknames for Zamar
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
- 1990
- Most boys named
- 202336 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3293reached in 2023
- Change vs 2024
- +14.3%24 in 2025, from 21
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.
Zamar in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Zamar in Hebrew — related form
- Zamari in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida.
Zamars among us
people named Zamar are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 71,170 born in 2025 was named Zamar
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 Estefan test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Zamar's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Estefan climbed just as high around 1996, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Estefan's path sketches the road Zamar is walking now.
Zamar 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
Zamar beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Zamar in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A real Hebrew root with a genuinely interesting double sense behind it.
- The initial Z keeps it distinct on any list.
- Five letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- Zamar, Zamari and Zamir are all close and get confused.
- It is close to Samar, an Arabic name, in an English ear.
- The connection to the Hebrew root is likely but not documented.
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Frequently asked
- How many Zamars 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 Zamar are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Zamar in 2025?
- Zamar ranks #4249 among US boy names in 2025, with 24 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Zamar?
- About 1 in every 71,170 US boys born in 2025 was named Zamar — 24 in all.
- Will my child share the name Zamar with classmates?
- Zamar will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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