Jamar

Where Jamar comes from

(Possibly a) Blend of Jamal + Lamar.
— Wiktionary's entry for Jamar
Along the way
  1. 1967
    First appearance
    #3,966 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1982
    Peak, #360
    494 babies named Jamar — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1984
    Jamar Wilson born
    American-Finnish basketball player
  4. 1987
    Jamar Smith born
    American basketball player
  5. 2012
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #857.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Jamar Wilson · American-Finnish basketball player, born 1984
  • Jamar Smith · American basketball player, born 1987
  • Jamar Dixon · Canadian association football player, born 1989
  • Jamar Abrams · American basketball player, born 1989
  • Jamar Loza · Jamaican footballer, born 1994

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.