Meaning not yet researched.
Lamar: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 115 in 2025. Its best rank was #314 in 1980.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #314 in 1980; #1,517 in 2025. About 86% of babies named Lamar in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,517 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1980, at #314.
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Lamar: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 115 boys in 2025. Peak: #314 in 1980 · most boys in one year: 737 (1989).
In 2025, 115 US boys were named Lamar, making it the 1,517th most common boys’ name of the year, down 21 places from #1,496 in 2024. That is 5 fewer than the 120 boys named Lamar in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #314, reached in 1980. The most boys given the name in a single year was 737, in 1989. For comparison, it was #818 in 2015 and #406 in 1950.
In 2025, 19 US girls were named Lamar, making it the 6,235th most common girls’ name of the year, up 307 places from #6,542 in 2024. That is 1 more than the 18 girls named Lamar in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #2,671, reached in 1911. The most girls given the name in a single year was 60, in 2015. For comparison, it was #2,912 in 2015 and #3,324 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Lamar in 140 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1882 with 5 babies. In all, 35,251 US babies have been given the name, 3.6% of them girls and 96% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 6,172 babies named Lamar.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,704 US boys were named Lamar; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 234. In 2025 that was about 1 in 14,853 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Lamar ranked highest in Ohio in 2025, at #640 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Lamarr (2,926 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Lamir, Lamere and Lamier are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Lamir (508), Lamere (145), Lamier (72), Lamor (49), Lameir (41), Lamare (38), Lamour (28), Lamaar (6), Lameer (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Lamar in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 42 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 15 | #640 | #461 |
| Georgia | 10 | #894 | #691 |
| Pennsylvania | 8 | #970 | #576 |
| Indiana | 5 | #1,033 | #416 |
| Virginia | 5 | #1,188 | — |
| Michigan | 5 | #1,204 | #471 |
| Florida | 7 | #1,563 | #713 |
| New York | 5 | #1,925 | #1,203 |
| Texas | 7 | #2,202 | #1,094 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,235 | 115 | #1,517 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,542 | 120 | #1,496 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,300 | 136 | #1,374 |
| 2022 | 20 | #6,118 | 144 | #1,312 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,554 | 148 | #1,284 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,511 | 182 | #1,090 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,982 | 194 | #1,056 |
| 2018 | 35 | #4,117 | 201 | #1,025 |
| 2017 | 52 | #3,118 | 234 | #915 |
| 2016 | 59 | #2,887 | 230 | #926 |
| 2015 | 60 | #2,912 | 277 | #818 |
| 2014 | 51 | #3,209 | 268 | #843 |
| 2013 | 49 | #3,295 | 327 | #717 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,911 | 289 | #785 |
| 2011 | 38 | #3,970 | 315 | #723 |
| 2010 | 28 | #5,037 | 333 | #702 |
| 2009 | 31 | #4,751 | 293 | #778 |
| 2008 | 25 | #5,664 | 308 | #740 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,598 | 339 | #695 |
| 2006 | 13 | #9,035 | 340 | #671 |
| 2005 | — | — | 303 | #686 |
| 2004 | 5 | #17,607 | 263 | #725 |
| 2003 | — | — | 238 | #752 |
| 2002 | — | — | 242 | #730 |
| 2001 | — | — | 288 | #649 |
| 2000 | — | — | 286 | #638 |
| 1999 | — | — | 256 | #666 |
| 1998 | — | — | 251 | #680 |
| 1997 | — | — | 323 | #574 |
| 1996 | — | — | 296 | #602 |
| 1995 | — | — | 306 | #585 |
| 1994 | — | — | 372 | #529 |
| 1993 | — | — | 405 | #510 |
| 1992 | 7 | #11,129 | 496 | #444 |
| 1991 | — | — | 550 | #413 |
| 1990 | 10 | #8,223 | 689 | #350 |
| 1989 | 11 | #7,226 | 737 | #325 |
| 1988 | 6 | #11,115 | 668 | #323 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,553 | 613 | #335 |
| 1986 | 8 | #8,126 | 617 | #324 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,720 | 535 | #348 |
| 1984 | 18 | #4,247 | 548 | #343 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,579 | 600 | #320 |
| 1982 | 11 | #6,148 | 549 | #343 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,748 | 586 | #327 |
| 1980 | 11 | #6,122 | 611 | #314 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,444 | 573 | #325 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,809 | 483 | #350 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,326 | 516 | #348 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,883 | 362 | #409 |
| 1975 | 16 | #4,037 | 322 | #444 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,170 | 323 | #441 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,795 | 346 | #421 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,701 | 424 | #381 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,688 | 388 | #409 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,610 | 400 | #407 |
| 1969 | 16 | #3,533 | 314 | #444 |
| 1968 | 15 | #3,527 | 302 | #438 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,800 | 262 | #470 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,677 | 220 | #511 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,350 | 239 | #494 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,222 | 258 | #493 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,401 | 224 | #531 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,904 | 261 | #491 |
| 1961 | 16 | #3,256 | 259 | #491 |
| 1960 | 12 | #3,812 | 267 | #486 |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,309 | 272 | #475 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,713 | 261 | #485 |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,808 | 279 | #460 |
| 1956 | — | — | 272 | #458 |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,925 | 282 | #440 |
| 1954 | 14 | #3,091 | 291 | #422 |
| 1953 | 10 | #3,843 | 273 | #428 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,978 | 275 | #417 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,613 | 283 | #406 |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,324 | 276 | #406 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,759 | 267 | #416 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,411 | 284 | #406 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,877 | 277 | #411 |
| 1946 | 9 | #3,537 | 216 | #433 |
| 1945 | — | — | 198 | #425 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,922 | 222 | #403 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,662 | 241 | #393 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,375 | 225 | #407 |
| 1941 | — | — | 218 | #390 |
| 1940 | — | — | 212 | #393 |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,618 | 210 | #390 |
| 1938 | 9 | #3,057 | 211 | #392 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,601 | 220 | #368 |
| 1936 | — | — | 198 | #389 |
| 1935 | — | — | 216 | #368 |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,319 | 221 | #368 |
| 1933 | — | — | 244 | #345 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,437 | 229 | #366 |
| 1931 | 6 | #4,126 | 216 | #381 |
| 1930 | — | — | 228 | #376 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,544 | 216 | #394 |
| 1928 | 5 | #5,089 | 233 | #387 |
| 1927 | 5 | #5,225 | 224 | #401 |
| 1926 | 7 | #4,087 | 221 | #400 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,867 | 237 | #389 |
| 1924 | — | — | 234 | #397 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,690 | 209 | #416 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,684 | 189 | #444 |
| 1921 | — | — | 179 | #460 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,673 | 183 | #447 |
| 1919 | — | — | 163 | #467 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,676 | 161 | #467 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,359 | 163 | #443 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,791 | 167 | #435 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,623 | 125 | #494 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,919 | 99 | #491 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,440 | 78 | #493 |
| 1912 | — | — | 52 | #558 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,671 | 29 | #567 |
| 1910 | — | — | 34 | #476 |
| 1909 | — | — | 20 | #603 |
| 1908 | — | — | 19 | #604 |
| 1907 | — | — | 31 | #412 |
| 1906 | — | — | 17 | #577 |
| 1905 | — | — | 15 | #626 |
| 1904 | — | — | 10 | #787 |
| 1903 | — | — | 6 | #1,078 |
| 1902 | — | — | 15 | #569 |
| 1901 | — | — | 14 | #549 |
| 1900 | — | — | 16 | #639 |
| 1899 | — | — | 12 | #600 |
| 1898 | — | — | 10 | #723 |
| 1897 | — | — | 15 | #538 |
| 1896 | — | — | 7 | #938 |
| 1895 | — | — | 10 | #725 |
| 1894 | — | — | 10 | #702 |
| 1893 | — | — | 10 | #682 |
| 1892 | — | — | 10 | #720 |
| 1891 | — | — | 5 | #1,051 |
| 1890 | — | — | 5 | #1,087 |
| 1888 | — | — | 7 | #875 |
| 1887 | — | — | 7 | #793 |
| 1885 | — | — | 14 | #513 |
| 1882 | — | — | 5 | #1,021 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).