Faisal vs Lamar
Faisal and Lamarcompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.
Head to head
Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.
England and Wales · Boys
In 2024, Faisal was ranked #1859 and Lamar #5119 among boys in England and Wales.
Faisal and Lamar over time
Faisal and Lamar appear together in 1 published list, across 28 years of shared records. Faisal held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Lamar in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Faisal reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Lamar in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.
Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.
List by list
England and Wales · Boys28 shared years, 1996–2024
Faisal held the stronger position in 27 of those years, Lamar in 1.
Highest recorded here: Faisal #312 in 1997, Lamar #509 in 2003.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2024: Faisal #1859, Lamar #5119.
Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.
Side by side
| Field | Faisal | Lamar |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | male | Used for both boys and girls |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, NO | GB-ENW, IE |
| Most recent popularity observation | England and Wales · Boys #1859 (2024) | England and Wales · Girls #3015 (2024) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 88/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 60/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Faisal and Lamar both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW.
How each name got here
Faisal
Popularity journey
First recorded1971
First recorded at #587 among boys in Norway in 1971 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1971–2001
Highest recorded position: #288 among boys in Norway, in 1981 (recorded 1971–2001).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1859 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys
Lamar
Popularity journey
First recorded1996
First recorded at #588 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #509 among boys in England and Wales, in 2003 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls