Jamear — boys' name
126 babies named Jamear in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
60% of everyone ever named Jamear was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Jamear in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jamear
The Social Security Administration has registered 126 babies named Jamear between 2001 and 2017, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jamear currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jamear performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 76 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Jamear shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jamear in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 126 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Jamear at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jamear popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2001
- Peak year (2008)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
126 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 17 births in a single year.
Jamear by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 76 births that decade — 60% of Jamear's all-time total
Jamear decade highlights
- Peak decade 76 births
- Runner-up 50 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jamear's strongest decade
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2001–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.