Lemar
- #6,143 for boys in 2025, 14 births
- Peak · boys
- 1900 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,895since 1900
Lemar over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Lemar has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,143 | 14 |
| 2024 | #8,312 | 9 |
| 2023 | #6,220 | 14 |
| 2022 | #8,990 | 8 |
| 2021 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | #6,620 | 12 |
| 2019 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | #6,036 | 14 |
| 2017 | #6,338 | 13 |
| 2016 | #4,943 | 19 |
| 2015 | #8,040 | 9 |
| 2014 | #5,485 | 16 |
| 2013 | #8,118 | 9 |
| 2012 | #4,251 | 23 |
| 2011 | #6,578 | 12 |
| 2010 | #7,087 | 11 |
| 2009 | #5,334 | 17 |
| 2008 | #5,767 | 15 |
| 2007 | #5,901 | 14 |
| 2006 | #4,675 | 19 |
| 2005 | #4,631 | 18 |
| 2004 | #6,520 | 11 |
| 2003 | #3,626 | 24 |
| 2002 | #7,055 | 9 |
| 2001 | #5,390 | 13 |
| 2000 | #4,785 | 15 |
| 1999 | #3,182 | 25 |
| 1998 | #3,849 | 18 |
| 1997 | #3,877 | 17 |
| 1996 | #4,185 | 15 |
| 1995 | #3,432 | 19 |
| 1994 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | #3,368 | 19 |
| 1992 | #2,670 | 26 |
| 1991 | #2,295 | 31 |
| 1990 | #2,628 | 25 |
| 1989 | #1,733 | 44 |
| 1988 | #1,553 | 47 |
| 1987 | #1,896 | 33 |
| 1986 | #1,617 | 40 |
| 1985 | #1,504 | 44 |
| 1984 | #1,630 | 36 |
| 1983 | #1,651 | 35 |
| 1982 | #1,622 | 37 |
| 1981 | #1,500 | 41 |
| 1980 | #1,432 | 44 |
| 1979 | #1,241 | 55 |
| 1978 | #1,258 | 51 |
| 1977 | #1,904 | 26 |
| 1976 | #2,508 | 17 |
| 1975 | #3,659 | 9 |
| 1974 | #2,549 | 15 |
| 1973 | #2,513 | 15 |
| 1972 | #2,991 | 11 |
| 1971 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1970 | #1,989 | 20 |
| 1969 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | #1,574 | 25 |
| 1967 | #2,611 | 10 |
| 1966 | #1,891 | 17 |
| 1965 | #2,178 | 14 |
| 1964 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #2,300 | 13 |
| 1962 | #2,279 | 13 |
| 1961 | #2,148 | 15 |
| 1960 | #2,315 | 13 |
| 1959 | #3,037 | 8 |
| 1958 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1957 | #2,190 | 14 |
| 1956 | #2,628 | 10 |
| 1955 | #2,764 | 9 |
| 1954 | #1,826 | 18 |
| 1953 | #2,186 | 13 |
| 1952 | #2,010 | 15 |
| 1951 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1949 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #2,788 | 8 |
| 1947 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #2,393 | 9 |
| 1944 | #1,738 | 16 |
| 1943 | #1,699 | 18 |
| 1942 | #2,268 | 11 |
| 1941 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #1,680 | 17 |
| 1939 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | #2,185 | 11 |
| 1937 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #1,837 | 15 |
| 1934 | #1,386 | 24 |
| 1933 | #1,770 | 16 |
| 1932 | #1,777 | 17 |
| 1931 | #1,843 | 16 |
| 1930 | #1,889 | 16 |
| 1929 | #2,589 | 10 |
| 1928 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #2,034 | 16 |
| 1926 | #1,981 | 16 |
| 1925 | #2,313 | 13 |
| 1924 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1923 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #3,214 | 8 |
| 1920 | #2,231 | 14 |
| 1919 | #2,385 | 12 |
| 1918 | #2,699 | 10 |
| 1917 | #2,280 | 12 |
| 1916 | #2,389 | 11 |
| 1915 | #2,458 | 10 |
| 1914 | #1,975 | 11 |
| 1913 | #1,945 | 9 |
| 1912 | #1,885 | 8 |
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| 1900 | #1,162 | 6 |
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First appearance
1900
The first year at least five boys were named Lemar! It came in at #1,162, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1901–1911, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Lemar is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- California#2,471 · 1 in 35,095
Best ever in a state: #378 in Mississippi, 1940.
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| California | #2,471 | 5 | 1 in 35,095 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 2,169 spots since 2024 (#8,312 → #6,143)
- 477 spots since 2020 (#6,620 → #6,143)
- 1,897 spots since 2015 (#8,040 → #6,143)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1900
- Peaked 1900 at #1,162 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 25,079
- Highest: 1 in 25,079 boys born in 1900 were named Lemar (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 122,005 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 21.2% of all boys named Lemar (401) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 6 | #1,162 (1900) | #1,162 |
| 1910s | 83 | #1,885 (1912) | #2,252 |
| 1920s | 110 | #1,981 (1926) | #2,758 |
| 1930s | 143 | #1,386 (1934) | #1,994 |
| 1940s | 108 | #1,680 (1940) | #2,446 |
| 1950s | 121 | #1,826 (1954) | #2,421 |
| 1960s | 135 | #1,574 (1968) | #2,420 |
| 1970s | 230 | #1,241 (1979) | #2,359 |
| 1980s | 401 | #1,432 (1980) | #1,614 |
| 1990s | 205 | #2,295 (1991) | #3,494 |
| 2000s | 155 | #3,626 (2003) | #5,368 |
| 2010s | 134 | #4,251 (2012) | #6,577 |
| 2020s | 64 | #6,143 (2025) | #7,667 |
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.
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