Lamar
#612 most common boys' name of all time · #1,363 across all names · 96% male / 4% female · used 1882–2025
Rank among boys
#612
Rank overall
#1,363 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
140 of 146
All-time
35,251
Since 2016
1,989
Peak year
1989 #325
Best rank
#314 1980
Girls
Boys
peak 748/yr
Lamar first appears in 1882. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | 115 | 134 | #1,514 |
| 2024 | 18 | 120 | 138 | #1,495 |
| 2023 | 19 | 136 | 155 | #1,373 |
| 2022 | 20 | 144 | 164 | #1,309 |
| 2021 | 18 | 148 | 166 | #1,282 |
| 2020 | 18 | 182 | 200 | #1,088 |
| 2019 | 27 | 194 | 221 | #1,055 |
| 2018 | 35 | 201 | 236 | #1,023 |
| 2017 | 52 | 234 | 286 | #911 |
| 2016 | 59 | 230 | 289 | #924 |
| 2015 | 60 | 277 | 337 | #818 |
| 2014 | 51 | 268 | 319 | #843 |
| 2013 | 49 | 327 | 376 | #717 |
| 2012 | 29 | 289 | 318 | #784 |
| 2011 | 38 | 315 | 353 | #722 |
| 2010 | 28 | 333 | 361 | #701 |
| 2009 | 31 | 293 | 324 | #778 |
| 2008 | 25 | 308 | 333 | #740 |
| 2007 | 17 | 339 | 356 | #695 |
| 2006 | 13 | 340 | 353 | #671 |
| 2005 | — | 303 | 303 | #686 |
| 2004 | 5 | 263 | 268 | #726 |
| 2003 | — | 238 | 238 | #752 |
| 2002 | — | 242 | 242 | #729 |
| 2001 | — | 288 | 288 | #650 |
| 2000 | — | 286 | 286 | #638 |
| 1999 | — | 256 | 256 | #666 |
| 1998 | — | 251 | 251 | #680 |
| 1997 | — | 323 | 323 | #574 |
| 1996 | — | 296 | 296 | #600 |
| 1995 | — | 306 | 306 | #586 |
| 1994 | — | 372 | 372 | #527 |
| 1993 | — | 405 | 405 | #507 |
| 1992 | 7 | 496 | 503 | #444 |
| 1991 | — | 550 | 550 | #413 |
| 1990 | 10 | 689 | 699 | #350 |
| 1989 | 11 | 737 | 748 | #325 |
| 1988 | 6 | 668 | 674 | #323 |
| 1987 | 11 | 613 | 624 | #334 |
| 1986 | 8 | 617 | 625 | #324 |
| 1985 | 10 | 535 | 545 | #348 |
| 1984 | 18 | 548 | 566 | #343 |
| 1983 | 16 | 600 | 616 | #320 |
| 1982 | 11 | 549 | 560 | #343 |
| 1981 | 6 | 586 | 592 | #327 |
| 1980 | 11 | 611 | 622 | #314 |
| 1979 | 10 | 573 | 583 | #325 |
| 1978 | 14 | 483 | 497 | #350 |
| 1977 | 16 | 516 | 532 | #348 |
| 1976 | 17 | 362 | 379 | #409 |
| 1975 | 16 | 322 | 338 | #444 |
| 1974 | 11 | 323 | 334 | #441 |
| 1973 | 9 | 346 | 355 | #421 |
| 1972 | 9 | 424 | 433 | #381 |
| 1971 | 12 | 388 | 400 | #409 |
| 1970 | 9 | 400 | 409 | #407 |
| 1969 | 16 | 314 | 330 | #444 |
| 1968 | 15 | 302 | 317 | #438 |
| 1967 | 9 | 262 | 271 | #470 |
| 1966 | 9 | 220 | 229 | #511 |
| 1965 | 10 | 239 | 249 | #494 |
| 1964 | 11 | 258 | 269 | #493 |
| 1963 | 10 | 224 | 234 | #531 |
| 1962 | 12 | 261 | 273 | #491 |
| 1961 | 16 | 259 | 275 | #489 |
| 1960 | 12 | 267 | 279 | #487 |
| 1959 | 7 | 272 | 279 | #475 |
| 1958 | 8 | 261 | 269 | #485 |
| 1957 | 11 | 279 | 290 | #460 |
| 1956 | — | 272 | 272 | #458 |
| 1955 | 10 | 282 | 292 | #440 |
| 1954 | 14 | 291 | 305 | #422 |
| 1953 | 10 | 273 | 283 | #427 |
| 1952 | 9 | 275 | 284 | #417 |
| 1951 | 10 | 283 | 293 | #406 |
| 1950 | 11 | 276 | 287 | #406 |
| 1949 | 9 | 267 | 276 | #418 |
| 1948 | 7 | 284 | 291 | #406 |
| 1947 | 9 | 277 | 286 | #411 |
| 1946 | 9 | 216 | 225 | #433 |
| 1945 | — | 198 | 198 | #425 |
| 1944 | 5 | 222 | 227 | #403 |
| 1943 | 8 | 241 | 249 | #395 |
| 1942 | 6 | 225 | 231 | #408 |
| 1941 | — | 218 | 218 | #390 |
| 1940 | — | 212 | 212 | #393 |
| 1939 | 7 | 210 | 217 | #390 |
| 1938 | 9 | 211 | 220 | #392 |
| 1937 | 5 | 220 | 225 | #369 |
| 1936 | — | 198 | 198 | #389 |
| 1935 | — | 216 | 216 | #368 |
| 1934 | 8 | 221 | 229 | #368 |
| 1933 | — | 244 | 244 | #345 |
| 1932 | 8 | 229 | 237 | #367 |
| 1931 | 6 | 216 | 222 | #382 |
| 1930 | — | 228 | 228 | #377 |
| 1929 | 8 | 216 | 224 | #394 |
| 1928 | 5 | 233 | 238 | #387 |
| 1927 | 5 | 224 | 229 | #400 |
| 1926 | 7 | 221 | 228 | #402 |
| 1925 | 8 | 237 | 245 | #389 |
| 1924 | — | 234 | 234 | #398 |
| 1923 | 6 | 209 | 215 | #416 |
| 1922 | 13 | 189 | 202 | #444 |
| 1921 | — | 179 | 179 | #461 |
| 1920 | 6 | 183 | 189 | #447 |
| 1919 | — | 163 | 163 | #467 |
| 1918 | 8 | 161 | 169 | #468 |
| 1917 | 6 | 163 | 169 | #444 |
| 1916 | 5 | 167 | 172 | #435 |
| 1915 | 7 | 125 | 132 | #496 |
| 1914 | 5 | 99 | 104 | #492 |
| 1913 | 5 | 78 | 83 | #496 |
| 1912 | — | 52 | 52 | #560 |
| 1911 | 5 | 29 | 34 | #574 |
| 1910 | — | 34 | 34 | #479 |
| 1909 | — | 20 | 20 | #611 |
| 1908 | — | 19 | 19 | #609 |
| 1907 | — | 31 | 31 | #416 |
| 1906 | — | 17 | 17 | #587 |
| 1905 | — | 15 | 15 | #633 |
| 1904 | — | 10 | 10 | #798 |
| 1903 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,078 |
| 1902 | — | 15 | 15 | #577 |
| 1901 | — | 14 | 14 | #556 |
| 1900 | — | 16 | 16 | #646 |
| 1899 | — | 12 | 12 | #609 |
| 1898 | — | 10 | 10 | #736 |
| 1897 | — | 15 | 15 | #552 |
| 1896 | — | 7 | 7 | #952 |
| 1895 | — | 10 | 10 | #727 |
| 1894 | — | 10 | 10 | #725 |
| 1893 | — | 10 | 10 | #698 |
| 1892 | — | 10 | 10 | #742 |
| 1891 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,061 |
| 1890 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,100 |
| 1888 | — | 7 | 7 | #888 |
| 1887 | — | 7 | 7 | #809 |
| 1885 | — | 14 | 14 | #520 |
| 1882 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,061 |