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Lamar Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Lamar?

Ranking 1,030th in popularity in the United States for boys in 2018, the name Lamar is uncommon.

Although not currently within the top 1000, Lamar has seen higher popularity rankings.

Its highest popularity RANKING of #314 was reached in 1980.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 1989 with 737 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Lamar was less than 5, most recently in 1889.

Approximately during the years 1903-1907, 1909-1916, 1921-1924, 1944-1947, 1965-1970, and 1974-1977, the name Lamar took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas 1990-1995 were years of successive downward movement.

Currently, the name is at a low point when compared to its most popular year.

How popular will Lamar be?

For a number of years, the name Lamar has been moving downward in popularity. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Lamar lately has dropped.

The name Lamar is still rare and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

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   Lamar (Girl)Lamar (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 35 4,083 198 1,030
2017 52 3,104 233 914
2016 59 2,883 230 922
2015 60 2,909 276 820
2014 51 3,207 266 843
2013 49 3,291 325 718
2012 29 4,904 288 786
2011 38 3,969 314 724
2010 28 5,034 331 705
2009 31 4,749 292 778
2008 25 5,661 307 741
2007 17 7,593 338 694
2006 13 9,030 340 670
2005 < 5 -- 303 686
2004 5 17,598 262 727
2003 < 5 -- 238 752
2002 < 5 -- 242 730
2001 < 5 -- 288 648
2000 < 5 -- 286 638
1999 < 5 -- 256 666
1998 < 5 -- 251 680
1997 < 5 -- 323 574
1996 < 5 -- 296 601
1995 < 5 -- 306 585
1994 < 5 -- 372 529
1993 < 5 -- 405 509
1992 7 11,130 496 444
1991 < 5 -- 550 413
1990 10 8,222 689 350
1989 11 7,225 737 325
1988 6 11,116 668 323
1987 11 6,550 613 334
1986 8 8,124 617 324
1985 10 6,715 535 348
1984 18 4,249 549 341
1983 16 4,579 600 319
1982 11 6,144 550 343
1981 6 9,743 586 327
1980 11 6,122 611 314
1979 10 6,438 576 324
1978 14 4,804 481 350
1977 16 4,325 515 349
1976 17 3,882 362 408
1975 16 4,036 323 439
1974 11 5,169 322 441
1973 9 5,793 346 420
1972 9 5,699 424 382
1971 12 4,686 388 409
1970 9 5,607 400 406
1969 16 3,534 313 444
1968 15 3,529 303 437
1967 9 4,793 262 470
1966 9 4,676 220 510
1965 10 4,352 241 493
1964 12 3,986 256 493
1963 9 4,712 226 528
1962 12 3,902 260 492
1961 16 3,255 259 489
1960 12 3,815 267 487
1959 7 5,308 271 475
1958 8 4,714 261 485
1957 11 3,811 280 460
1956 < 5 -- 272 458
1955 10 3,927 281 441
1954 14 3,085 289 423
1953 10 3,839 273 428
1952 9 3,977 276 417
1951 10 3,612 284 405
1950 11 3,325 276 406
1949 9 3,758 267 416
1948 7 4,409 284 406
1947 9 3,877 277 411
1946 9 3,537 216 433
1945 < 5 -- 198 425
1944 5 4,923 223 401
1943 8 3,661 241 394
1942 6 4,377 226 407
1941 < 5 -- 218 390
1940 < 5 -- 211 393
1939 7 3,618 210 390
1938 9 3,058 211 392
1937 5 4,598 220 368
1936 < 5 -- 198 389
1935 < 5 -- 216 368
1934 8 3,319 221 368
1933 < 5 -- 244 346
1932 8 3,438 228 367
1931 6 4,127 216 381
1930 < 5 -- 228 376
1929 8 3,545 216 394
1928 5 5,085 233 386
1927 5 5,225 224 401
1926 7 4,087 221 400
1925 8 3,867 237 389
1924 < 5 -- 234 397
1923 6 4,691 209 416
1922 13 2,684 189 444
1921 < 5 -- 179 460
1920 6 4,673 183 447
1919 < 5 -- 163 467
1918 8 3,676 161 467
1917 6 4,359 163 443
1916 5 4,792 167 435
1915 7 3,624 125 494
1914 5 3,919 99 491
1913 5 3,440 78 493
1912 < 5 -- 52 558
1911 5 2,671 29 567
1910 < 5 -- 34 476
1909 < 5 -- 20 603
1908 < 5 -- 19 604
1907 < 5 -- 31 412
1906 < 5 -- 17 577
1905 < 5 -- 15 626
1904 < 5 -- 10 787
1903 < 5 -- 6 1,078
1902 < 5 -- 15 569
1901 < 5 -- 14 549
1900 < 5 -- 16 639
1899 < 5 -- 12 600
1898 < 5 -- 10 723
1897 < 5 -- 15 538
1896 < 5 -- 7 938
1895 < 5 -- 10 726
1894 < 5 -- 10 702
1893 < 5 -- 10 682
1892 < 5 -- 10 720
1891 < 5 -- 5 1,051
1890 < 5 -- 5 1,087
1889 < 5 -- < 5 --
1888 < 5 -- 7 875
1887 < 5 -- 7 793
1886 < 5 -- < 5 --
1885 < 5 -- 14 513
1884 < 5 -- < 5 --
1883 < 5 -- < 5 --
1882 < 5 -- 5 1,021
1881 < 5 -- < 5 --
1880 < 5 -- < 5 --

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.