The name Lamar is of Latin origin, and means the sea.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Lamar has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Lamar
Use of the Name Lamar for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
28,796
19,391
11,289
2,725
1,300
488
258
The table below indicates the number of times the name Lamar has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Lamar first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1885, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Lamar
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1885
513
14
1886
1887
793
7
1888
876
7
1889
1890
1891
1892
721
10
1893
682
10
1894
702
10
1895
726
10
1896
938
7
1897
539
15
1898
723
10
1899
600
12
1900
639
16
1901
550
14
1902
569
15
1903
1904
787
10
1905
626
15
1906
578
17
1907
413
31
1908
602
19
1909
585
21
1910
476
34
1911
569
29
1912
557
52
1913
493
78
1914
495
98
1915
492
126
1916
434
170
1917
441
165
1918
470
160
1919
465
164
1920
447
182
1921
462
178
1922
442
190
1923
416
209
1924
399
233
1925
383
242
1926
405
218
1927
399
225
1928
384
233
1929
394
216
1930
378
226
1931
382
214
1932
367
228
1933
344
244
1934
368
219
1935
366
218
1936
390
197
1937
367
220
1938
387
212
1939
390
210
1940
395
209
1941
388
221
1942
410
223
1943
390
244
1944
402
223
1945
427
195
1946
433
215
1947
410
277
1948
404
284
1949
415
267
1950
406
277
1951
405
281
1952
418
276
1953
433
267
1954
423
286
1955
439
282
1956
458
272
1957
458
283
1958
486
259
1959
475
271
1960
488
266
1961
488
261
1962
492
259
1963
529
226
1964
493
256
1965
497
237
1966
508
221
1967
470
261
1968
437
302
1969
444
312
1970
408
397
1971
408
392
1972
382
424
1973
420
346
1974
441
322
1975
441
322
1976
407
361
1977
348
515
1978
350
480
1979
325
575
1980
313
610
1981
327
586
1982
343
548
1983
320
599
1984
340
548
1985
348
534
1986
325
615
1987
334
613
1988
323
668
1989
325
734
1990
350
691
1991
414
547
1992
444
496
1993
511
403
1994
530
372
1995
587
305
1996
605
295
1997
575
322
1998
681
250
1999
669
253
2000
639
284
2001
648
287
2002
731
241
2003
761
230
2004
725
258
Totals:
28,796
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Lamar as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Lamar appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 115 times during the last 125 years.