Jermar — boys' name
327 babies named Jermar in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
36% of everyone ever named Jermar was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Jermar in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jermar
The Social Security Administration has registered 327 babies named Jermar between 1973 and 2018, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jermar currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jermar performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 118 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jermar shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jermar 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 327 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.
Jermar at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jermar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1973
- Peak year (1979)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
327 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 18 births in a single year.
Jermar by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 118 births that decade — 36% of Jermar's all-time total
Jermar decade highlights
- Peak decade 118 births
- Runner-up 74 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jermar's strongest decade
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% 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, 1973–2018 (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.