Lamar

Boy name

Lamar has been given to 35,251 babies in the U.S. since 1882. It peaked in 1989.

Meaning & origin /ləˈmɑː(ɹ)/

From a placename in Normandy, which was derived from Old French la mare (“the pool”).

Origin: surnames

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

35,251

Peak year

1989 (748 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1882

10-year trend

▼ -60%

Gender split

4% girls / 96% boys

Lamar Odom

American basketball player (born 1979)

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Lamar.

33,979 babies since 1898

33,501 babies since 1946

37,172 babies since 1881

37,791 babies since 1912

38,087 babies since 1885

31,958 babies since 1880

31,275 babies since 1880

31,018 babies since 1912

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