Boys' name · since 1931
Jarman
Jarman has 76 recorded births since 1931 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,258 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 76
- born since 1931
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jarman is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 76 have been recorded since 1931.
Jarman has 76 recorded births among boys since 1931, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1931 to 2003.
- #19,258 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 76 born since 1931
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jarman ranks #19,258 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 76 born since 1931, peaking in the 1980s.
- #19,258 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 76
- born since 1931
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jarman's 76 recorded births place it above 57.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jarman's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jarman splits its recorded history at 1982: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1997 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jarman popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1931–2003
- Peak year (1997)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 73 years of records
Jarman by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (29 births, 38% of the file).
1980s was Jarman's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Jarman births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 6
1930s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
22 births
- 1980s
1980s
29 births
- 1990s
1990s
14 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 29 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Jarman's decade-level peak was the 1980s (29 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- 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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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, 1931–2003 (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 Jarman 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.