Girls' name · since 1967
Lamara
Since 1967, U.S. Social Security records show 374 babies named Lamara, peaking in 2007. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #14,083 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 374
- born since 1967
- 2000s
- peak decade
374 girls have been named Lamara since 1967, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Lamara has 374 recorded births among girls since 1967, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 2023.
- #14,083 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 374 born since 1967
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lamara ranks #14,083 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 374 born since 1967, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,083 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 374
- born since 1967
- 2000s
- peak decade
Lamara's 374 recorded births place it above 80.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lamara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lamara splits its recorded history at 1997: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lamara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–2023
- Peak year (2007)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Lamara by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (91 births, 24% of the file).
2000s was Lamara's strongest decade.
91 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Lamara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 14
1960s
14 births
- 1970s
1970s
44 births
- 1980s
1980s
77 births
- 1990s
1990s
76 births
- 2000s
2000s
91 births
- 2010s
2010s
50 births
- 2020s 22
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 91 births (24% of all-time use).
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- Lamara's decade-level peak was the 2000s (91 total births); usage has since declined to 22 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lamara: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~56 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1967–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Lamara draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.