Boys' name · since 1979
Chamar
240 babies named Chamar in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,904 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 240
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chamar sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 240 recorded since 1979.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chamar has been recorded 240 times among boys since 1979, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2022.
- #11,904 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 240 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chamar ranks #11,904 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 240 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,904 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 240
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chamar's 240 recorded births place it above 73.78% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chamar's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Chamar's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1982, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2001 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Chamar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2022
- Peak year (2001)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Chamar by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (114 births, 48% of the file).
2000s was Chamar's strongest decade.
114 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Chamar births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 24
1980s
24 births
- 1990s 42
1990s
42 births
- 2000s
2000s
114 births
- 2010s 43
2010s
43 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 114 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Chamar's decade-level peak was the 2000s (114 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chamar: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~43 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1979–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Chamar draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.