Kemar — #6981 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kemar

The Social Security Administration has registered 594 babies named Kemar between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kemar currently holds the #6981 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 34 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kemar performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 210 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kemar shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 111 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Maryland. In total, SSA state-level files list Kemar in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kemar 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 594 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.