Lamerle — girls' name
92 babies named Lamerle in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
36% of everyone ever named Lamerle was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Lamerle in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lamerle
The Social Security Administration has registered 92 babies named Lamerle between 1917 and 1956, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lamerle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1956. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lamerle performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Lamerle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lamerle in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lamerle 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 92 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.
Lamerle at a glance
Last recorded 1956Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lamerle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–1917
- Peak year (1918)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1956.
92 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 11 births in a single year.
Lamerle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 33 births that decade — 36% of Lamerle's all-time total
Lamerle decade highlights
- Peak decade 33 births
- Runner-up 31 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Lamerle's strongest decade
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Lamerle by state
Where Lamerle concentrates geographically — total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 28 | 30.4% |
28 of 92 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 30.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 30.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1917–1956 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.