Unisex name · since 2005
Qamar
Since 2005, U.S. Social Security records show 383 babies named Qamar, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #13,884 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,746 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 383
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
383 babies have been named Qamar since 2005, making it today's #2746 unisex name.
Qamar has 383 recorded births among girls since 2005, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2746 as of the latest data, more common than 84% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.
- #13,884 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,746 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 383 born since 2005
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Qamar ranks #13,884 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,746 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 383 born since 2005, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,884 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,746 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 383
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Qamar's 383 recorded births place it above 80.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Qamar compares
383 Top 50% higher than 50% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Qamar's all-time total is 2% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Qamar | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 383 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 63 | 21 | 19,840 |
Qamar's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Qamar's full recorded timeline at 2016, 80% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 20% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2006, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 63 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Qamar popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 63
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Qamar popularity over time - boys
171 total births recorded since 1988 (Qamar as boys' name)
Qamar by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (240 births, 63% of the file).
2020s was Qamar's strongest decade.
240 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Qamar births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 30
2000s
30 births
- 2010s
2010s
113 births
- 2020s
2020s
240 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 240 births (63% of all-time use).
Qamar by state
Where Qamar concentrates geographically, total births since 2005
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 30 | 7.8% |
| #2 | Michigan | | 26 | 6.8% |
| #3 | Texas | | 6 | 1.6% |
| #4 | California | | 5 | 1.3% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.3% |
30 of 383 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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- New York records the most Qamars (30 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
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, 2005–2025 (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 Qamar 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.