girls:
919 births since 1966
#4797 (16th percentile)
boys:
45 births since 1977
#4541 (1st percentile)
overall:
964 births since 1966
#6775 (12th percentile)
The name Jamara is the #6,775 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 964 recorded births since 1966. This represents the 12.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,797 (16.1% percentile) for all time with 919 births since 1966. For boys, it ranks #4,541 (0.9% percentile) for all time with 45 births since 1977.
Jamara first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1966 (1966 for girls and 1977 for boys). Birth data for Jamara is available in 52 out of the 58 years between 1966 and 2023 (52 years for girls and 7 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Jamara has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 95.3% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Jamara reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 3.6% percentile (ranked #866) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 19 births per million (ranked 3.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Jamara ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 24.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Jamara reached its peak popularity in 1982, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #685) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1994.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jamara".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Jamara. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.0% confident that Jamara is pronounced as juh-MAH-ruh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is juh-MEH-ruh, at 15.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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