Lamar
#6,116 for girls in 2025, 19 births · #1,514 for boys in 2025, 115 births
Given to boys 96.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1980 · 611 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 33,967since 1882
Lamar over time
Rank among boys' names. Lamar has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,116 | 19 | #1,514 | 115 |
| 2024 | #6,394 | 18 | #1,494 | 120 |
| 2023 | #6,169 | 19 | #1,369 | 136 |
| 2022 | #5,984 | 20 | #1,308 | 144 |
| 2021 | #6,414 | 18 | #1,280 | 148 |
| 2020 | #6,325 | 18 | #1,086 | 182 |
| 2019 | #4,909 | 27 | #1,054 | 194 |
| 2018 | #4,076 | 35 | #1,023 | 201 |
| 2017 | #3,091 | 52 | #910 | 234 |
| 2016 | #2,866 | 59 | #923 | 230 |
| 2015 | #2,890 | 60 | #817 | 277 |
| 2014 | #3,184 | 51 | #843 | 268 |
| 2013 | #3,267 | 49 | #717 | 327 |
| 2012 | #4,836 | 29 | #784 | 289 |
| 2011 | #3,916 | 38 | #722 | 315 |
| 2010 | #4,974 | 28 | #701 | 333 |
| 2009 | #4,677 | 31 | #777 | 293 |
| 2008 | #5,574 | 25 | #740 | 308 |
| 2007 | #7,394 | 17 | #695 | 339 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 | #671 | 340 |
| 2005 | — | #686 | 303 | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #725 | 263 |
| 2003 | — | #752 | 238 | |
| 2002 | — | #729 | 242 | |
| 2001 | — | #648 | 288 | |
| 2000 | — | #638 | 286 | |
| 1999 | — | #666 | 256 | |
| 1998 | — | #679 | 251 | |
| 1997 | — | #573 | 323 | |
| 1996 | — | #599 | 296 | |
| 1995 | — | #584 | 306 | |
| 1994 | — | #527 | 372 | |
| 1993 | — | #507 | 405 | |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #444 | 496 |
| 1991 | — | #413 | 550 | |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | #350 | 689 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 | #325 | 737 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #323 | 668 |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | #334 | 613 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | #324 | 617 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | #348 | 535 |
| 1984 | #4,166 | 18 | #343 | 548 |
| 1983 | #4,476 | 16 | #319 | 600 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 | #343 | 549 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #327 | 586 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | #314 | 611 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | #325 | 573 |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 | #350 | 483 |
| 1977 | #4,235 | 16 | #348 | 516 |
| 1976 | #3,812 | 17 | #408 | 362 |
| 1975 | #3,950 | 16 | #443 | 322 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 | #441 | 323 |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | #421 | 346 |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | #381 | 424 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | #409 | 388 |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | #406 | 400 |
| 1969 | #3,461 | 16 | #444 | 314 |
| 1968 | #3,456 | 15 | #437 | 302 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | #470 | 262 |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | #510 | 220 |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 | #494 | 239 |
| 1964 | #4,096 | 11 | #493 | 258 |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 | #531 | 224 |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 | #490 | 261 |
| 1961 | #3,189 | 16 | #489 | 259 |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 | #485 | 267 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | #474 | 272 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 | #485 | 261 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 | #460 | 279 |
| 1956 | — | #458 | 272 | |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 | #440 | 282 |
| 1954 | #3,019 | 14 | #420 | 291 |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 | #426 | 273 |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 | #417 | 275 |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 | #405 | 283 |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 | #406 | 276 |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 | #415 | 267 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 | #406 | 284 |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | #411 | 277 |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 | #433 | 216 |
| 1945 | — | #424 | 198 | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #401 | 222 |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 | #393 | 241 |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #407 | 225 |
| 1941 | — | #390 | 218 | |
| 1940 | — | #393 | 212 | |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | #389 | 210 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 | #391 | 211 |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #368 | 220 |
| 1936 | — | #389 | 198 | |
| 1935 | — | #367 | 216 | |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 | #367 | 221 |
| 1933 | — | #345 | 244 | |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | #366 | 229 |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | #381 | 216 |
| 1930 | — | #376 | 228 | |
| 1929 | #3,394 | 8 | #394 | 216 |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #387 | 233 |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #399 | 224 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #399 | 221 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #389 | 237 |
| 1924 | — | #396 | 234 | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #415 | 209 |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 | #442 | 189 |
| 1921 | — | #458 | 179 | |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | #447 | 183 |
| 1919 | — | #464 | 163 | |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | #466 | 161 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | #443 | 163 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #435 | 167 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | #493 | 125 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #489 | 99 |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #492 | 78 |
| 1912 | — | #556 | 52 | |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | #562 | 29 |
| 1910 | — | #474 | 34 | |
| 1909 | — | #590 | 20 | |
| 1908 | — | #585 | 19 | |
| 1907 | — | #405 | 31 | |
| 1906 | — | #568 | 17 | |
| 1905 | — | #615 | 15 | |
| 1904 | — | #760 | 10 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,009 | 6 | |
| 1902 | — | #556 | 15 | |
| 1901 | — | #536 | 14 | |
| 1900 | — | #623 | 16 | |
| 1899 | — | #583 | 12 | |
| 1898 | — | #701 | 10 | |
| 1897 | — | #515 | 15 | |
| 1896 | — | #900 | 7 | |
| 1895 | — | #685 | 10 | |
| 1894 | — | #668 | 10 | |
| 1893 | — | #650 | 10 | |
| 1892 | — | #688 | 10 | |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #815 | 7 | |
| 1887 | — | #752 | 7 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #498 | 14 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Lamar! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1884, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Lamar
- 20 spots since 2024 (#1,494 → #1,514)
- 428 spots since 2020 (#1,086 → #1,514)
- 697 spots since 2015 (#817 → #1,514)
- Biggest jump: 385 spots in 1897 (#900 → #515)
- Biggest drop: 453 spots in 1903 (#556 → #1,009)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1980 at #314 (611 births)
- Births halved by 1996, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 131 yrs · run 1904–2017
- Highest: 1 in 2,715 boys born in 1989 were named Lamar (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 14,853 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #314 in 1980, was only 1 in 2,920 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 17.9% of all boys named Lamar (6,064) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 33 | #498 (1885) | #752 |
| 1890s | 94 | #515 (1897) | #735 |
| 1900s | 163 | #405 (1907) | #625 |
| 1910s | 1,071 | #435 (1916) | #487 |
| 1920s | 2,125 | #387 (1928) | #413 |
| 1930s | 2,193 | #345 (1933) | #374 |
| 1940s | 2,360 | #390 (1941) | #407 |
| 1950s | 2,764 | #405 (1951) | #439 |
| 1960s | 2,606 | #437 (1968) | #484 |
| 1970s | 4,137 | #325 (1979) | #393 |
| 1980s | 6,064 | #314 (1980) | #330 |
| 1990s | 3,944 | #350 (1990) | #534 |
| 2000s | 2,900 | #638 (2000) | #706 |
| 2010s | 2,668 | #701 (2010) | #849 |
| 2020s | 845 | #1,086 (2020) | #1,342 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Lamar in 1952
Top girls' names in 1952
Top boys' names in 1952
More about 1952
girls
1,854,335 girls got a published name in 1952; 1 in 206,037 of them was named Lamar, which outranked 40.6% of the 6,389 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,552Yetta10
- #3,552Yulanda10
- #3,552Zettie10
- #3,796Lamar9
- #3,796Adine9
- #3,796Adora9
- #3,796Adrain9
- #4,123Adah8
- #4,123Adena8
- #4,123Adonica8
Tied with 326 names at #3,796; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,943,633 boys got a published name in 1952; 1 in 7,068 of them was named Lamar, which outranked 90.2% of the 4,257 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.