first name
LAMAR
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 21,069 people named Lamar, 66.7% reported their origin as Black, 23.8% as White and 4.3% as two or more races. 95.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Lamar peaked in 1989, when 748 babies got the name.
At least 35,251 babies have been given the name since 1882. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Lamar by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #705. The largest share of babies named Lamar, 24.6%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Lamar is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lamar has been most common in Georgia (4.6×), Mississippi (3.7×), and Alabama (2.9×), and least common in Minnesota (0.08×).
29,849 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Lamar
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lamar, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Lamar ranks #3,171 of 156,621, with 11,113 people. See Lamar as a last name
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