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Jamon

#7,894 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Jamon has been given to 2,748 babies in the U.S. since 1964. In 2025 it ranked #7,894 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1999, with 94 recorded.

Babies named Jamon, 2025

1 in 332,000

Jamon over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
025507510018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jamon: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jamon means

Jamon is a given name.

The naming story behind Jamon

Wikidata records Jamon as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q136193446, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,742 boys were recorded with the name Jamon between 1964 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 94 in 1999; its best national rank was #1,094 in 1978.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,604 in 2020 to #7,894 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,995 in 2015 to #7,894 in 2025.

In the United States, 6 girls were recorded with the name Jamon between 1978 and 1978. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1978; its best national rank was #8,952 in 1978.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Jamon?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 332,000
10 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 171,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#7,894
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
229,791 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jamon sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jamon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jamons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jamon was born before 1997 — so the typical Jamon is around 28 today.

Median birth year
1997
About 28 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
27.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
40.2%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,742
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2000s — 27.5% of all recorded uses (755).

Is Jamon rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−2,367
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−3,290
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−4,899
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.26×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
10.6%
Peak was 1999 (94)
Years since peak
26
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
21.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,094
1978

Spellings of Jamon

Jamon is not the most common spelling — James is, with 53.5% against Jamon's 0.03%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Jamon is used

Across 1910–2025, Jamon was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 25,000 boys, against 1 in 116,357 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in —).

04 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 25,000
  2. 2Georgia1 in 33,333
  3. 3Virginia1 in 50,000
  4. 4Alabama1 in 100,000
  5. 5California1 in 100,000
  6. 6Florida1 in 100,000
  7. 7Illinois1 in 100,000
  8. 8Michigan1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jamon has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Jamon around the world

Where Jamon ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • South Australia
    1975–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Jamon by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,894
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 3,290
Best rank ever
#1,094
1978
Peak year
1999
94 that year
First recorded
1964
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,742
Count in 2025
10

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#8,952
1978
Peak year
1978
6 that year
First recorded
1978
Last recorded
1978
All-time count
6
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Jamon

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

JaminJameelJameyJamellJamilJamereJamirJameerJamallJamarrJamelJamezJamierArmonAmmonJamarEamonJamaalJamielAmonJameirJammieJamarioJamaine

Names with a curve like Jamon

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Jamon, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

DajuanDomonicDontayRashaunTerronDeshonTyranMontrellJarettNicklasChristoferRashard

Sibling names for Jamon

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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