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Lamar
Pronounced /ləˈmɑː(ɹ)/
Rank in 2024
#1,514
Born in 2024
117
Peak year
1989 · #325
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 117 boys were named Lamar, about 1 in every 14,661.
- It peaked in 1989 with 737 babies, ranked #325.
- It first shows up in the records in 1882.
- 33,846 boys have been named Lamar since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Lamar per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.2Greatest1901–27
- 0.2Silent1928–45
- 0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.2Gen X1965–80
- 0.3Millennials1981–96
- 0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 2,894 babies, 0.17 per 1,000. Silent: 3,959 babies, 0.19 per 1,000. Boomers: 5,076 babies, 0.14 per 1,000. Gen X: 6,086 babies, 0.22 per 1,000. Millennials: 8,567 babies, 0.28 per 1,000. Gen Z: 4,665 babies, 0.15 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,456 babies, 0.11 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From a placename in Normandy, which was derived from Old French la mare (“the pool”).
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ləˈmɑː(ɹ)/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Lamar, CC BY-SA 4.0.