Boys' name · since 1973
Jermar
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.
- #10,125 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 327
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jermar sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 327 recorded since 1973.
Social Security Administration records show Jermar recorded 327 times among boys since 1973, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2018.
- #10,125 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 327 born since 1973
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jermar ranks #10,125 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 327 born since 1973, peaking in the 1980s.
- #10,125 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 327
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jermar's 327 recorded births place it above 77.71% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jermar's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jermar splits its recorded history at 1991: 38% of all births land in the more recent half, 62% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1979 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jermar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2018
- Peak year (1979)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Jermar by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (118 births, 36% of the file).
1980s was Jermar's strongest decade.
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Jermar births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
74 births
- 1980s
1980s
118 births
- 1990s
1990s
57 births
- 2000s
2000s
51 births
- 2010s 27
2010s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 118 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Jermar's decade-level peak was the 1980s (118 total births); usage has since declined to 27 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 Jermar: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1973–2018 (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 Jermar 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.