Lamarr
Last seen for girls in 1976 at #9,284 · #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
Given to boys 99.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1984 · 73 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,896since 1918
Lamarr over time
Rank among boys' names. Lamarr has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | — | #8,243 | 9 | |
| 2024 | — | #10,938 | 6 | |
| 2023 | — | #9,763 | 7 | |
| 2022 | — | #8,300 | 9 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,335 | 13 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,980 | 14 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,951 | 19 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,226 | 24 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,338 | 13 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,624 | 21 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,545 | 21 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,702 | 20 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,804 | 19 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,530 | 30 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,695 | 28 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,014 | 38 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,551 | 30 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,921 | 26 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,793 | 27 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,370 | 21 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,326 | 20 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,636 | 25 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,626 | 24 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,095 | 29 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,676 | 16 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,423 | 24 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,231 | 41 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,851 | 28 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,613 | 30 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,332 | 34 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,299 | 34 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,392 | 32 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,162 | 36 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,659 | 52 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,652 | 50 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,564 | 53 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,336 | 67 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,286 | 64 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,400 | 52 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,334 | 54 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,333 | 52 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,042 | 73 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,067 | 69 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,124 | 66 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,270 | 52 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,204 | 58 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,070 | 69 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,134 | 60 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,079 | 64 | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #1,333 | 44 |
| 1975 | — | #1,228 | 48 | |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #1,409 | 37 |
| 1973 | — | #1,093 | 55 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,210 | 46 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,199 | 47 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,142 | 52 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,252 | 40 | |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #1,233 | 38 |
| 1967 | — | #1,507 | 26 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,373 | 31 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,335 | 33 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,850 | 19 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,839 | 19 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,625 | 24 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,570 | 26 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,341 | 35 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,806 | 20 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,953 | 17 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,583 | 25 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,945 | 17 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,845 | 18 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,706 | 20 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,709 | 20 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,430 | 28 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,462 | 26 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,701 | 19 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,667 | 20 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,656 | 20 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,733 | 19 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,030 | 13 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,536 | 19 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,633 | 8 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,277 | 11 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,946 | 14 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,411 | 23 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,894 | 14 | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #1,578 | 18 |
| 1938 | — | #2,185 | 11 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,479 | 9 | |
| 1936 | — | #3,147 | 6 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,719 | 8 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,770 | 16 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,092 | 7 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,390 | 6 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,781 | 9 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,247 | 7 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,357 | 7 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,451 | 7 | |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #2,074 | 15 |
| 1925 | — | #2,936 | 9 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,894 | 18 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,614 | 11 | |
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| 1919 | — | #3,391 | 7 | |
| 1918 | — | #4,179 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Lamarr! It came in at #4,179, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1920–1922, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Lamarr is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Michigan#489 · 1 in 7,448
- New York#533 · 1 in 6,939
- Pennsylvania#598 · 1 in 12,678
Best ever in a state: #185 in Utah, 1926.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | #489 | 9 | 1 in 7,448 |
| New York | #533 | 16 | 1 in 6,939 |
| Pennsylvania | #598 | 6 | 1 in 12,678 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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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 Lamarr
- 2,695 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #8,243)
- 2,263 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #8,243)
- 3,698 spots since 2015 (#4,545 → #8,243)
- Debuted 1918
- Peaked 1984 at #1,042 (73 births)
- Births halved by 1993, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 24,724 boys born in 1984 were named Lamarr (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 21.0% of all boys named Lamarr (607) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 12 | #3,391 (1919) | #3,785 |
| 1920s | 74 | #1,894 (1924) | #2,796 |
| 1930s | 96 | #1,578 (1939) | #2,642 |
| 1940s | 161 | #1,411 (1941) | #1,878 |
| 1950s | 210 | #1,430 (1952) | #1,714 |
| 1960s | 291 | #1,233 (1968) | #1,493 |
| 1970s | 522 | #1,070 (1979) | #1,190 |
| 1980s | 607 | #1,042 (1984) | #1,240 |
| 1990s | 390 | #1,564 (1990) | #2,176 |
| 2000s | 242 | #3,095 (2002) | #3,842 |
| 2010s | 233 | #3,014 (2010) | #4,443 |
| 2020s | 58 | #5,980 (2020) | #8,260 |
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.
Lamarr in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 24,950 of them was named Lamarr, which outranked 84.9% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,056Montrell70
- #1,056Roscoe70
- #1,056Vincenzo70
- #1,070Lamarr69
- #1,070Christofer69
- #1,070Hasan69
- #1,070Jammie69
- #1,077Emory68
- #1,077Ezequiel68
- #1,077Hakim68
Tied with 6 names at #1,070; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.