# Lamar (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lamar/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | “the pool” |
| Pronunciation | /ləˈmɑː(ɹ)/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 35,251 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 33,967 / 1,284 (4% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 541, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 38 | 3,970 |
| 2012 | 29 | 4,911 |
| 2013 | 49 | 3,295 |
| 2014 | 51 | 3,209 |
| 2015 | 60 | 2,912 |
| 2016 | 59 | 2,887 |
| 2017 | 52 | 3,118 |
| 2018 | 35 | 4,117 |
| 2019 | 27 | 4,982 |
| 2020 | 18 | 6,511 |
| 2021 | 18 | 6,554 |
| 2022 | 20 | 6,118 |
| 2023 | 19 | 6,300 |
| 2024 | 18 | 6,542 |
| 2025 | 19 | 6,235 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 315 | 723 |
| 2012 | 289 | 785 |
| 2013 | 327 | 717 |
| 2014 | 268 | 843 |
| 2015 | 277 | 818 |
| 2016 | 230 | 926 |
| 2017 | 234 | 915 |
| 2018 | 201 | 1,025 |
| 2019 | 194 | 1,056 |
| 2020 | 182 | 1,090 |
| 2021 | 148 | 1,284 |
| 2022 | 144 | 1,312 |
| 2023 | 136 | 1,374 |
| 2024 | 120 | 1,496 |
| 2025 | 115 | 1,517 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 17 | 1,653 |
| 2011 | 16 | 1,729 |
| 2012 | 18 | 1,649 |
| 2013 | 18 | 1,639 |
| 2014 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,328 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,367 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2018 | 13 | 2,090 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,942 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,598 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3,015 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 10 | 2,036 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,216 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,079 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,335 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,052 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Lamar

- Lamar Odom, American basketball player (born 1979)
- Lamar Alexander, American politician
- Lamar Jackson, American football player (born 1997)
- Lamar S. Smith, American politician
- Lamar Hunt, American sports executive (1932–2006)
- Lamar Patterson, American basketball player (born 1991)
- Lamar Stevens, American basketball player (born 1997)
- Lamar Johnson, Canadian actor and dancer
- Lamar Trotti, American film producer (1900–1952)
- Lamar Neagle, American professional soccer player
- Edward Lamar Johnstone, American actor (1884-1919)
- Lamar Miller, American football player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.