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

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Peak · boys
#314
1980 · 611 births
Debut · boys
1882
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
33,967
since 1882

Lamar over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Lamar has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202022peak #314, 1980boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#6,11619#1,514115
2024#6,39418#1,494120
2023#6,16919#1,369136
2022#5,98420#1,308144
2021#6,41418#1,280148
2020#6,32518#1,086182
2019#4,90927#1,054194
2018#4,07635#1,023201
2017#3,09152#910234
2016#2,86659#923230
2015#2,89060#817277
2014#3,18451#843268
2013#3,26749#717327
2012#4,83629#784289
2011#3,91638#722315
2010#4,97428#701333
2009#4,67731#777293
2008#5,57425#740308
2007#7,39417#695339
2006#8,71513#671340
2005—#686303
2004#16,0995#725263
2003—#752238
2002—#729242
2001—#648288
2000—#638286
1999—#666256
1998—#679251
1997—#573323
1996—#599296
1995—#584306
1994—#527372
1993—#507405
1992#10,4797#444496
1991—#413550
1990#7,88010#350689
1989#6,95511#325737
1988#10,3866#323668
1987#6,33511#334613
1986#7,7498#324617
1985#6,45710#348535
1984#4,16618#343548
1983#4,47616#319600
1982#5,91111#343549
1981#9,1106#327586
1980#5,91211#314611
1979#6,18910#325573
1978#4,67914#350483
1977#4,23516#348516
1976#3,81217#408362
1975#3,95016#443322
1974#5,01111#441323
1973#5,5809#421346
1972#5,4809#381424
1971#4,53412#409388
1970#5,4139#406400
1969#3,46116#444314
1968#3,45615#437302
1967#4,6259#470262
1966#4,4939#510220
1965#4,20210#494239
1964#4,09611#493258
1963#4,27210#531224
1962#3,78212#490261
1961#3,18916#489259
1960#3,68812#485267
1959#5,0317#474272
1958#4,5208#485261
1957#3,69611#460279
1956—#458272
1955#3,77810#440282
1954#3,01914#420291
1953#3,68710#426273
1952#3,7969#417275
1951#3,48210#405283
1950#3,23511#406276
1949#3,6129#415267
1948#4,2057#406284
1947#3,7069#411277
1946#3,4309#433216
1945—#424198
1944#4,5745#401222
1943#3,4938#393241
1942#4,1246#407225
1941—#390218
1940—#393212
1939#3,4297#389210
1938#2,9409#391211
1937#4,2555#368220
1936—#389198
1935—#367216
1934#3,1598#367221
1933—#345244
1932#3,2748#366229
1931#3,8486#381216
1930—#376228
1929#3,3948#394216
1928#4,7255#387233
1927#4,8055#399224
1926#3,8737#399221
1925#3,6648#389237
1924—#396234
1923#4,3766#415209
1922#2,61213#442189
1921—#458179
1920#4,3986#447183
1919—#464163
1918#3,5128#466161
1917#4,0836#443163
1916#4,4175#435167
1915#3,4347#493125
1914#3,6185#48999
1913#3,1875#49278
1912—#55652
1911#2,4635#56229
1910—#47434
1909—#59020
1908—#58519
1907—#40531
1906—#56817
1905—#61515
1904—#76010
1903—#1,0096
1902—#55615
1901—#53614
1900—#62316
1899—#58312
1898—#70110
1897—#51515
1896—#9007
1895—#68510
1894—#66810
1893—#65010
1892—#68810
1891—#9635
1890—#9945
1889——
1888—#8157
1887—#7527
1886——
1885—#49814
1884——
1883——
1882—#9435
1881——
1880——
First appearance
1882

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.

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Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
98 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1980 at #314 (611 births)
  • Births halved by 1996, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 131 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 131 yrs · run 1904–2017
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,715
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 17.9% of all boys named Lamar (6,064) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s33#498 (1885)#752
1890s94#515 (1897)#735
1900s163#405 (1907)#625
1910s1,071#435 (1916)#487
1920s2,125#387 (1928)#413
1930s2,193#345 (1933)#374
1940s2,360#390 (1941)#407
1950s2,764#405 (1951)#439
1960s2,606#437 (1968)#484
1970s4,137#325 (1979)#393
1980s6,064#314 (1980)#330
1990s3,944#350 (1990)#534
2000s2,900#638 (2000)#706
2010s2,668#701 (2010)#849
2020s845#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 2022

girls
#5,984
20 births · 1 in 82,007 girls
boys
#1,308
144 births · 1 in 12,125 boys

Top girls' names in 2022

  1. #1Olivia16,670
  2. #2Emma14,512
  3. #3Charlotte12,952
  4. #4Amelia12,415
  5. #5Sophia12,382
  6. #6Isabella11,761
  7. #7Ava11,107
  8. #8Mia11,077
  9. #9Evelyn9,332
  10. #10Luna8,977
  11. #5,984Lamar20

Top boys' names in 2022

  1. #1Liam20,579
  2. #2Noah18,758
  3. #3Oliver15,176
  4. #4James12,119
  5. #5Elijah12,094
  6. #6William11,356
  7. #7Henry11,272
  8. #8Lucas10,973
  9. #9Benjamin10,912
  10. #10Theodore10,824
  11. #1,308Lamar144
More about 2022

girls

1,640,131 girls got a published name in 2022; 1 in 82,007 of them was named Lamar, which outranked 66.3% of the 17,760 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lamar
  1. #5,793Zaynah21
  2. #5,793Zoa21
  3. #5,793Zophia21
  4. #5,984Lamar20
  5. #5,984Aasiyah20
  6. #5,984Addley20
  7. #5,984Adel20
  8. #6,229Aaralyn19
  9. #6,229Aarika19
  10. #6,229Abra19

Tied with 244 names at #5,984; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2021
Risers
  1. ↑ 698Wrenlee#1,410 → #712
  2. ↑ 686Neriah#1,680 → #994
  3. ↑ 487Arlet#1,229 → #742
  4. ↑ 424Georgina#1,304 → #880
  5. ↑ 413Amiri#1,293 → #880
Fallers
  1. ↓ 282Tatiana#992 → #1,274
  2. ↓ 245Alaiya#721 → #966
  3. ↓ 239Aarna#967 → #1,206
  4. ↓ 231Jaylene#975 → #1,206
  5. ↓ 227Aviana#521 → #748

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,746,008 boys got a published name in 2022; 1 in 12,125 of them was named Lamar, which outranked 90.9% of the 14,333 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lamar
  1. #1,300Shia146
  2. #1,306Reagan145
  3. #1,306Sultan145
  4. #1,308Lamar144
  5. #1,308Agastya144
  6. #1,308Efrain144
  7. #1,308Eros144
  8. #1,314Adiel143
  9. #1,314Aleksander143
  10. #1,314Eitan143

Tied with 5 names at #1,308; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2021
Risers
  1. ↑ 988Dutton#1,823 → #835
  2. ↑ 489Kayce#1,076 → #587
  3. ↑ 412Chosen#1,307 → #895
  4. ↑ 396Khaza#1,230 → #834
  5. ↑ 348Eithan#849 → #501
Fallers
  1. ↓ 324Jacoby#885 → #1,209
  2. ↓ 243Turner#937 → #1,180
  3. ↓ 233Aydin#897 → #1,130
  4. ↓ 218Juelz#991 → #1,209
  5. ↓ 216Jamal#868 → #1,084

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2022 →