girls:
6 births since 1978
#5710 (0th percentile)
boys:
2.7k births since 1964
#2420 (47th percentile)
overall:
2.7k births since 1964
#5166 (33rd percentile)
The name Jamon is the #5,166 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,721 recorded births since 1964. This represents the 33.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 33.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,420 (47.2% percentile) for all time with 2,715 births since 1964. For girls, it ranks #5,710 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 1978.
Jamon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1964 (1964 for boys and 1978 for girls). Birth data for Jamon is available in 57 out of the 60 years between 1964 and 2023 (57 years for boys and 1 years for girls). 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 Jamon has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.8% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Jamon reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 11.1% percentile (ranked #716) with 46 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 46 births per million (ranked 11.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2001, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Jamon ranks #897 for boys (1.5% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 22.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Jamon reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #755) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1978.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jamon".
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Our model has identified 9 different pronunciations for the name Jamon. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 30.0% confident that Jamon is pronounced as JAY-muhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is juh-MUHN, at 20.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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