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Lamara

Gender
Girl
Say it
luh-MAR-uh
Origin
Modern

Lamara is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Lamara come from?

Modern: feminine form of Lamar, or La- prefix plus Mara

Is Lamara a girl's or a boy's name?

Lamara is a girls' name.

How popular is Lamara in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 8 girls.

Half of all the girls named Lamara in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 8 in 19972021
Lamara in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20214#4,864
20200–
20190–
20185#4,204
20170–
20163#6,009
20151#7,629
20140–
20134#4,953
20120–
20114#4,980
20103#5,938
20091#7,377
20084#4,742
20070–
20060–
20050–
20044#3,916
20033#4,560
20020–
20010–
20000–
19990–
19983#4,026
19978#2,073
19964#3,289

How popular is Lamara in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1967.

Half of all the girls named Lamara in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.

1967Busiest: 15 in 20072023
Lamara in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20237#12,192
20220–
20217#12,201
20208#11,085
20196#13,793
20180–
20175#15,898
20160–
20155#16,413
201410#10,124
20139#10,995
20129#11,251
20116#14,816
20100–
20098#12,423
200812#9,472
200715#8,094
200613#8,711
20056#14,495
20047#12,754
20037#12,401
20027#12,181
20017#12,049
20009#9,867
19996#12,681
19988#10,116
19976#12,065
199611#7,569
199510#8,074
19948#9,580
19938#9,552
199210#8,057
19919#8,580
19900–
198913#6,154
198812#6,272
198712#5,918
19867#8,518
19855#10,672
19845#10,417
19836#9,013
198210#6,369
19817#8,126
19800–
19799#6,694
19786#8,560
19776#8,442
19760–
19750–
19749#5,775
19735#8,421
19720–
19719#5,541
19700–
19690–
19687#5,641
19677#5,456

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Lamara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lamara, updated 20 October 2026.