Lamar — #1513 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Lamar

The Social Security Administration has registered 33,846 babies named Lamar between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lamar currently holds the #1513 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 737 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lamar performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 6,064 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Lamar shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 3,847 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Lamar in 38 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lamar in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 33,846 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.