# Jamar (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jamar/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 16,037 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 15,964 / 73 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 64, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

(Possibly a) Blend of Jamal + Lamar.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 5 | 9,605 |
| 1978 | 7 | 7,949 |
| 1980 | 5 | 10,983 |
| 1981 | 5 | 11,017 |
| 1983 | 8 | 7,563 |
| 1984 | 7 | 8,496 |
| 1986 | 10 | 6,790 |
| 1987 | 9 | 7,599 |
| 1988 | 10 | 7,336 |
| 1991 | 7 | 10,716 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 260 | 832 |
| 2012 | 246 | 858 |
| 2013 | 233 | 894 |
| 2014 | 201 | 1,018 |
| 2015 | 191 | 1,046 |
| 2016 | 205 | 995 |
| 2017 | 164 | 1,154 |
| 2018 | 144 | 1,280 |
| 2019 | 131 | 1,368 |
| 2020 | 108 | 1,536 |
| 2021 | 128 | 1,426 |
| 2022 | 108 | 1,614 |
| 2023 | 110 | 1,585 |
| 2024 | 101 | 1,666 |
| 2025 | 72 | 2,066 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 | 2,357 |
| 2000 | 6 | 1,889 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2,220 |
| 2002 | 7 | 1,799 |
| 2003 | 7 | 1,962 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3,651 |
| 2005 | 6 | 2,418 |
| 2006 | 4 | 3,385 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |

## People named Jamar

- Jamar Wilson, American-Finnish basketball player
- Jamar Smith, American basketball player (born 1987)
- Jamar Dixon, Canadian association football player
- Jamar Abrams, American basketball player (born 1989)
- Isaiah Thomas, American basketball player (born 1989)
- Jay Lethal, American professional wrestler

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.