Lamar
Mostly girls
Lamar is a name, meaning “the pool”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 1,514th for boys in the US (115 babies).
What does Lamar mean?
“the pool”
A male given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Lamar a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Lamar has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls and 4 boys in the UK and 19 girls and 115 boys in the US.
How popular is Lamar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Lamar, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 20 girls. 4 boys were also named Lamar in 2025 (4,301st for boys).
Half of all the girls named Lamar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 64% of the babies named Lamar in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Lamar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,976 |
| 2013 | 20 | #1,617 |
| 2012 | 19 | #1,681 |
| 2011 | 18 | #1,696 |
| 2010 | 17 | #1,757 |
| 2009 | 16 | #1,763 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
How popular is Lamar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,514among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 115about 1 in 15,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 115 boys in the US were named Lamar, making it the 1,514th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,086th. Its busiest year was 1989, with 737 boys. It first appears in the records in 1882. 19 girls were also named Lamar in 2025 (6,115th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 8 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Lamar than any year since 1914.
Half of all the boys named Lamar in the US since 1880 were born between 1951 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 124 boys in the US were given Lamar or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,308, up from #1,514 for this spelling alone.
- Lamar 115
- Lamarr 9
In 2025, 14% of the babies named Lamar in the US were girls.
Lamar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 115 | #1,514 |
| 2024 | 120 | #1,494 |
| 2023 | 136 | #1,369 |
| 2022 | 144 | #1,308 |
| 2021 | 148 | #1,280 |
| 2020 | 182 | #1,086 |
| 2019 | 194 | #1,054 |
| 2018 | 201 | #1,023 |
| 2017 | 234 | #910 |
| 2016 | 230 | #923 |
| 2015 | 277 | #817 |
| 2014 | 268 | #843 |
| 2013 | 327 | #717 |
| 2012 | 289 | #784 |
| 2011 | 315 | #722 |
| 2010 | 333 | #701 |
| 2009 | 293 | #777 |
| 2008 | 308 | #740 |
| 2007 | 339 | #695 |
| 2006 | 340 | #671 |
| 2005 | 303 | #686 |
| 2004 | 263 | #725 |
| 2003 | 238 | #751 |
| 2002 | 242 | #729 |
| 2001 | 288 | #648 |
| 2000 | 286 | #638 |
| 1999 | 256 | #664 |
| 1998 | 251 | #679 |
| 1997 | 323 | #573 |
| 1996 | 296 | #599 |
| 1995 | 306 | #583 |
| 1994 | 372 | #526 |
| 1993 | 405 | #507 |
| 1992 | 496 | #444 |
| 1991 | 550 | #413 |
| 1990 | 689 | #350 |
| 1989 | 737 | #325 |
| 1988 | 668 | #323 |
| 1987 | 613 | #334 |
| 1986 | 617 | #324 |
| 1985 | 535 | #348 |
| 1984 | 548 | #343 |
| 1983 | 600 | #319 |
| 1982 | 549 | #343 |
| 1981 | 586 | #327 |
| 1980 | 611 | #314 |
| 1979 | 573 | #325 |
| 1978 | 483 | #350 |
| 1977 | 516 | #348 |
| 1976 | 362 | #408 |
| 1975 | 322 | #443 |
| 1974 | 323 | #441 |
| 1973 | 346 | #421 |
| 1972 | 424 | #381 |
| 1971 | 388 | #409 |
| 1970 | 400 | #406 |
| 1969 | 314 | #444 |
| 1968 | 302 | #437 |
| 1967 | 262 | #470 |
| 1966 | 220 | #510 |
| 1965 | 239 | #494 |
| 1964 | 258 | #493 |
| 1963 | 224 | #531 |
| 1962 | 261 | #490 |
| 1961 | 259 | #489 |
| 1960 | 267 | #485 |
| 1959 | 272 | #474 |
| 1958 | 261 | #484 |
| 1957 | 279 | #459 |
| 1956 | 272 | #457 |
| 1955 | 282 | #439 |
| 1954 | 291 | #419 |
| 1953 | 273 | #425 |
| 1952 | 275 | #416 |
| 1951 | 283 | #404 |
| 1950 | 276 | #405 |
| 1949 | 267 | #414 |
| 1948 | 284 | #406 |
| 1947 | 277 | #411 |
| 1946 | 216 | #433 |
| 1945 | 198 | #424 |
| 1944 | 222 | #401 |
| 1943 | 241 | #393 |
| 1942 | 225 | #407 |
| 1941 | 218 | #390 |
| 1940 | 212 | #393 |
| 1939 | 210 | #389 |
| 1938 | 211 | #391 |
| 1937 | 220 | #368 |
| 1936 | 198 | #389 |
| 1935 | 216 | #367 |
| 1934 | 221 | #367 |
| 1933 | 244 | #345 |
| 1932 | 229 | #366 |
| 1931 | 216 | #381 |
| 1930 | 228 | #376 |
| 1929 | 216 | #394 |
| 1928 | 233 | #387 |
| 1927 | 224 | #399 |
| 1926 | 221 | #399 |
| 1925 | 237 | #389 |
| 1924 | 234 | #396 |
| 1923 | 209 | #415 |
| 1922 | 189 | #442 |
| 1921 | 179 | #458 |
| 1920 | 183 | #447 |
| 1919 | 163 | #464 |
| 1918 | 161 | #466 |
| 1917 | 163 | #443 |
| 1916 | 167 | #435 |
| 1915 | 125 | #493 |
| 1914 | 99 | #489 |
| 1913 | 78 | #492 |
| 1912 | 52 | #556 |
| 1911 | 29 | #562 |
| 1910 | 34 | #474 |
| 1909 | 20 | #590 |
| 1908 | 19 | #585 |
| 1907 | 31 | #405 |
| 1906 | 17 | #568 |
| 1905 | 15 | #615 |
| 1904 | 10 | #760 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,009 |
| 1902 | 15 | #555 |
| 1901 | 14 | #536 |
| 1900 | 16 | #623 |
| 1899 | 12 | #583 |
| 1898 | 10 | #700 |
| 1897 | 15 | #515 |
| 1896 | 7 | #899 |
| 1895 | 10 | #685 |
| 1894 | 10 | #667 |
| 1893 | 10 | #650 |
| 1892 | 10 | #687 |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
| 1890 | 5 | #994 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 7 | #815 |
| 1887 | 7 | #752 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 14 | #498 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 5 | #942 |
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