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.
Where Lamar is popular in 1990
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Delaware#108 · 1 in 614
- Virginia#149 · 1 in 985
- New Jersey#166 · 1 in 1,217
- Pennsylvania#166 · 1 in 1,327
- Maryland#176 · 1 in 1,229
Best ever in a state: #45 in Utah, 1928.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | #108 | 8 | 1 in 614 |
| Virginia | #149 | 44 | 1 in 985 |
| New Jersey | #166 | 45 | 1 in 1,217 |
| Pennsylvania | #166 | 62 | 1 in 1,327 |
| Maryland | #176 | 27 | 1 in 1,229 |
| Ohio | #228 | 39 | 1 in 2,046 |
| District of Columbia | #229 | 9 | 1 in 1,032 |
| North Carolina | #235 | 28 | 1 in 1,697 |
| Alabama | #255 | 15 | 1 in 1,808 |
| Arkansas | #255 | 9 | 1 in 1,721 |
| Michigan | #256 | 33 | 1 in 2,152 |
| Illinois | #264 | 48 | 1 in 1,859 |
| Connecticut | #268 | 9 | 1 in 2,508 |
| Louisiana | #272 | 19 | 1 in 1,645 |
| Georgia | #276 | 26 | 1 in 1,929 |
| South Carolina | #281 | 12 | 1 in 2,023 |
| Kentucky | #298 | 8 | 1 in 3,101 |
| Mississippi | #300 | 9 | 1 in 1,906 |
| Indiana | #306 | 14 | 1 in 2,894 |
| New York | #324 | 54 | 1 in 2,571 |
| Missouri | #340 | 11 | 1 in 3,451 |
| Florida | #376 | 30 | 1 in 3,057 |
| Massachusetts | #416 | 7 | 1 in 6,288 |
| Wisconsin | #435 | 6 | 1 in 5,549 |
| Tennessee | #447 | 7 | 1 in 5,090 |
| Colorado | #461 | 5 | 1 in 4,887 |
| California | #479 | 57 | 1 in 5,093 |
| Texas | #667 | 19 | 1 in 8,065 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1990
Top girls' names in 1990
Top boys' names in 1990
More about 1990
girls
1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 189,855 of them was named Lamar, which outranked 48.3% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #7,303Zita11
- #7,303Zonia11
- #7,303Zully11
- #7,880Lamar10
- #7,880Aarin10
- #7,880Abbigayle10
- #7,880Abegail10
- #8,501Aarti9
- #8,501Abbagail9
- #8,501Abilene9
Tied with 620 names at #7,880; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 2,981 of them was named Lamar, which outranked 96.3% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.