NameTides

Lamar

Lamar was the #1,514 boys' name in the US in 2025 (115 babies), and #4,275 in England & Wales and #3,153 in Canada.

Lamar as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Lamar as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Lamar as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,514 (115)#4,275 (4)#3,153 (5)
2024#1,494 (120)#5,120 (3)#3,072 (5)
2023#1,369 (136)#4,992 (3)#2,614 (6)
2022#1,308 (144)—#1,557 (12)
2021#1,280 (148)#4,789 (3)#2,491 (6)
2020#1,086 (182)#4,608 (3)#2,431 (6)
2019#1,054 (194)#3,937 (4)—
2018#1,023 (201)#2,445 (8)—
2017#910 (234)#2,052 (11)#2,439 (6)
2016#923 (230)#2,335 (9)#2,428 (6)
2015#817 (277)#3,373 (5)#1,577 (11)
2014#843 (268)#2,079 (10)#1,778 (9)
2013#717 (327)#2,216 (9)#2,086 (7)
2012#784 (289)#2,721 (7)#2,666 (5)
2011#722 (315)#2,892 (6)#1,681 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1989 at #325.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1882.
  • In 2025, 14% of US babies named Lamar were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 15,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 15,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 67,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 32,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Lamar is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 16,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 15,000 to 1 in 17,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lamar by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: #1,760NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #949INOhio: #627OHPennsylvania: #913PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,089VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #853GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,080TXFlorida: #1,478FL
Lamar (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LamarCanadaGirls—too few
LamarCanadaBoys#3,1535
LamarEngland & WalesGirls#3,3337
LamarEngland & WalesBoys#4,2754
LamarIrelandGirls—too few
LamarNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LamarNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
LamarUSGirls#6,11619
LamarUSBoys#1,514115