Lamar

Primarily a boy's name · 96% boys

Lamar first appears in the data in 1882 and has been recorded in 139 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1989 with 737 babies (rank #325 that year). In 2024 it was given to 117 boys (rank #1,515). The name has been declining over the last five years.
35,111
Total babies (all years)
139
Years in the data
737
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
18825#1,021
188514#513
18877#793
18887#875
18905#1,087
18915#1,051
189210#720
189310#682
189410#702
189510#725
18967#938
189715#538
189810#723
189912#600
190016#639
190114#549
190215#569
19036#1,078
190410#787
190515#626
190617#577
190731#412
190819#604
190920#603
191034#476
191129#567
191252#558
191378#493
191499#491
1915125#494
1916167#435
1917163#443
1918161#467
1919163#467
1920183#447
1921179#460
1922189#444
1923209#416
1924234#397
1925237#389
1926221#400
1927224#401
1928233#387
1929216#394
1930228#376
1931216#381
1932229#366
1933244#345
1934221#368
1935216#368
1936198#389
1937220#368
1938211#392
1939210#390
1940212#393
1941218#390
1942225#407
1943241#393
1944223#401
1945198#425
1946216#433
1947277#411
1948284#406
1949267#416
1950276#406
1951283#406
1952275#417
1953273#428
1954291#422
1955282#440
1956272#458
1957279#460
1958261#485
1959272#475
1960267#487
1961259#491
1962261#491
1963224#531
1964257#493
1965240#494
1966220#510
1967262#470
1968302#438
1969314#444
1970400#407
1971388#409
1972424#381
1973346#421
1974323#441
1975322#444
1976362#409
1977516#348
1978483#350
1979573#325
1980611#314
1981586#327
1982549#343
1983600#320
1984548#343
1985535#348
1986617#324
1987613#334
1988668#323
1989737#325
1990689#350
1991550#413
1992496#444
1993405#510
1994372#529
1995306#585
1996296#602
1997323#574
1998251#680
1999256#666
2000286#638
2001288#649
2002242#730
2003238#752
2004263#725
2005303#686
2006340#671
2007339#694
2008308#740
2009293#778
2010333#702
2011314#724
2012288#787
2013327#717
2014268#843
2015277#818
2016230#925
2017234#915
2018200#1,027
2019194#1,056
2020182#1,089
2021148#1,284
2022144#1,312
2023135#1,382
2024117#1,515