Lothar — boys' name

What the Data Says About Lothar

The Social Security Administration has registered 68 babies named Lothar between 1927 and 1968, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lothar currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1968. The name reached its historical peak in 1929, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lothar performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Lothar shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lothar in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lothar 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 68 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.