Lemar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- luh-MAR
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Lemar is a boys' name, meaning “sun”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Lemar mean?
Pashto, from lmar 'sun'; also a form of Lamar
“sun”
In Pashto lmar means 'sun'; in the US the name can also be a spelling of Lamar.
Is Lemar a girl's or a boy's name?
Lemar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lemar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 69% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Lemar, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2003, with 53 boys.
Half of all the boys named Lemar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Lemar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 12 | #1,901 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 12 | #1,887 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 11 | #1,930 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 28 | #939 |
| 2005 | 25 | #972 |
| 2004 | 32 | #782 |
| 2003 | 53 | #508 |
| 2002 | 20 | #951 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Lemar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Lemar, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 1979, with 55 boys. It first appears in the records in 1900.
Half of all the boys named Lemar in the US since 1880 were born between 1952 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lemar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,248 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 25 | #3,178 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,362 |
| 1992 | 26 | #2,664 |
| 1991 | 31 | #2,289 |
| 1990 | 25 | #2,623 |
| 1989 | 44 | #1,728 |
| 1988 | 47 | #1,548 |
| 1987 | 33 | #1,892 |
| 1986 | 40 | #1,616 |
| 1985 | 44 | #1,503 |
| 1984 | 36 | #1,629 |
| 1983 | 35 | #1,650 |
| 1982 | 37 | #1,621 |
| 1981 | 41 | #1,499 |
| 1980 | 44 | #1,432 |
| 1979 | 55 | #1,241 |
| 1978 | 51 | #1,258 |
| 1977 | 26 | #1,904 |
| 1976 | 17 | #2,507 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,547 |
| 1973 | 15 | #2,511 |
| 1972 | 11 | #2,989 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 20 | #1,988 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 25 | #1,573 |
| 1967 | 10 | #2,610 |
| 1966 | 17 | #1,890 |
| 1965 | 14 | #2,177 |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 13 | #2,299 |
| 1962 | 13 | #2,278 |
| 1961 | 15 | #2,147 |
| 1960 | 13 | #2,313 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 13 | #2,263 |
| 1957 | 14 | #2,189 |
| 1956 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,763 |
| 1954 | 18 | #1,825 |
| 1953 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,009 |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 15 | #1,940 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,605 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 9 | #2,392 |
| 1944 | 16 | #1,737 |
| 1943 | 18 | #1,698 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,267 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,680 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,288 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,185 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,332 |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,628 |
| 1935 | 15 | #1,837 |
| 1934 | 24 | #1,386 |
| 1933 | 16 | #1,770 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,777 |
| 1931 | 16 | #1,843 |
| 1930 | 16 | #1,889 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1926 | 16 | #1,981 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,312 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,347 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,230 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,698 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,279 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,388 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,457 |
| 1914 | 11 | #1,974 |
| 1913 | 9 | #1,944 |
| 1912 | 8 | #1,884 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,161 |
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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, “Lemar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lemar, updated 20 October 2026.