Lamarr
Boy · luh-MAR · French
Lamarr is a boys' name of French origin, meaning “the pond”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Lamarr mean?
French: variant of Lamar, from a French surname
“the pond”
A spelling of Lamar, from a French surname meaning 'the pond'; the double r recalls actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr.
- Say it
- luh-MAR
Is Lamarr a girl's or a boy's name?
Lamarr is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lamarr in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 7 boys.
Lamarr in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Lamarr in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Lamarr, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 1984, with 73 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918.
Half of all the boys named Lamarr in the US since 1880 were born between 1966 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 124 boys in the US were given Lamarr or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,308, up from #8,239 for this spelling alone.
- Lamar 115
- Lamarr 9
Lamarr in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 30 | #3,527 |
| 2011 | 28 | #3,694 |
| 2010 | 38 | #3,013 |
| 2009 | 30 | #3,549 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,918 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,791 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,321 |
| 2004 | 25 | #3,632 |
| 2003 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 2002 | 29 | #3,091 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1999 | 41 | #2,228 |
| 1998 | 28 | #2,848 |
| 1997 | 30 | #2,609 |
| 1996 | 34 | #2,327 |
| 1995 | 34 | #2,294 |
| 1994 | 32 | #2,387 |
| 1993 | 36 | #2,157 |
| 1992 | 52 | #1,654 |
| 1991 | 50 | #1,646 |
| 1990 | 53 | #1,559 |
| 1989 | 67 | #1,331 |
| 1988 | 64 | #1,282 |
| 1987 | 52 | #1,398 |
| 1986 | 54 | #1,333 |
| 1985 | 52 | #1,332 |
| 1984 | 73 | #1,041 |
| 1983 | 69 | #1,067 |
| 1982 | 66 | #1,124 |
| 1981 | 52 | #1,270 |
| 1980 | 58 | #1,204 |
| 1979 | 69 | #1,070 |
| 1978 | 60 | #1,134 |
| 1977 | 64 | #1,079 |
| 1976 | 44 | #1,333 |
| 1975 | 48 | #1,228 |
| 1974 | 37 | #1,409 |
| 1973 | 55 | #1,093 |
| 1972 | 46 | #1,210 |
| 1971 | 47 | #1,199 |
| 1970 | 52 | #1,142 |
| 1969 | 40 | #1,252 |
| 1968 | 38 | #1,233 |
| 1967 | 26 | #1,506 |
| 1966 | 31 | #1,372 |
| 1965 | 33 | #1,334 |
| 1964 | 19 | #1,849 |
| 1963 | 19 | #1,838 |
| 1962 | 24 | #1,624 |
| 1961 | 26 | #1,569 |
| 1960 | 35 | #1,340 |
| 1959 | 20 | #1,805 |
| 1958 | 17 | #1,952 |
| 1957 | 25 | #1,582 |
| 1956 | 17 | #1,944 |
| 1955 | 18 | #1,844 |
| 1954 | 20 | #1,705 |
| 1953 | 20 | #1,708 |
| 1952 | 28 | #1,429 |
| 1951 | 26 | #1,461 |
| 1950 | 19 | #1,700 |
| 1949 | 20 | #1,666 |
| 1948 | 20 | #1,655 |
| 1947 | 19 | #1,732 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,029 |
| 1945 | 19 | #1,535 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,276 |
| 1942 | 14 | #1,946 |
| 1941 | 23 | #1,411 |
| 1940 | 14 | #1,894 |
| 1939 | 18 | #1,578 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,185 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 16 | #1,770 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,074 |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1924 | 18 | #1,894 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,613 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
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