girls:
273 births since 2005
#5443 (5th percentile)
boys:
159 births since 1988
#4427 (3rd percentile)
overall:
432 births since 1988
#7307 (6th percentile)
The name Qamar is the #7,307 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 432 recorded births since 1988. This represents the 5.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,443 (4.7% percentile) for all time with 273 births since 2005. For boys, it ranks #4,427 (3.4% percentile) for all time with 159 births since 1988.
Qamar first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1988 (1988 for boys and 2005 for girls). Birth data for Qamar is available in 28 out of the 36 years between 1988 and 2023 (23 years for boys and 18 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 Qamar has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (63.2% of all recorded births). In 2023, 87.0% of babies named Qamar were girls. Interestingly, until around 2008, the name was more popular for boys (83.0% boys from 1988 to 2007), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (77.1% girls from 2008 to 2023).
For girls, Qamar reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 3.7% percentile (ranked #912) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 23 births per million (ranked 3.7% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Qamar is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #912 (3.7% percentile) with 23 births per million.
For boys, Qamar reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #880) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2013, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Qamar ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 50.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Qamar".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Qamar. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 47.4% confident that Qamar is pronounced as KAH-mahr, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kuh-MAHR, at 23.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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