Boys' name · since 1972
Jarmar
359 babies named Jarmar in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,617 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 359
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
359 boys have been named Jarmar since 1972, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Jarmar has 359 recorded births among boys since 1972, 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 1972 to 2012.
- #9,617 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 359 born since 1972
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jarmar ranks #9,617 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 359 born since 1972, peaking in the 1980s.
- #9,617 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 359
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jarmar's 359 recorded births place it above 78.84% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jarmar's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jarmar's full recorded timeline at 1988, 42% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 58% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1972, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1988 peak of 25 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jarmar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2012
- Peak year (1988)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Jarmar by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (179 births, 50% of the file).
1980s was Jarmar's strongest decade.
179 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Jarmar births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
74 births
- 1980s
1980s
179 births
- 1990s
1990s
73 births
- 2000s 23
2000s
23 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 179 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Jarmar's decade-level peak was the 1980s (179 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2010s -- 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 Jarmar: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~40 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, 1972–2012 (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 Jarmar 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.