Lamar

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Lamar: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Lamar: Recorded since 1996, it reached #509 in 2003, and it stood at #3,015 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
48times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#509highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2006–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2006	#2781
2007	#3667
2008	#3860
2009	#1752
2010	#1653
2011	#1729
2012	#1649
2013	#1639
2014	#2058
2015	#2328
2016	#2367
2017	#2341
2018	#2090
2019	#3151
2020	#2843
2021	#2942
2023	#3598
2024	#3015

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2013: #587 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1639 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

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

Lamar appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 333 births with the name.

Lamar across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Lamar's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#588 (1996)	#509 (2003)	#5119 (2024)	28 of 29	333 (1996–2024)	47 (2003)
England and Wales · Girls	#2781 (2006)	#1639 (2013)	#3015 (2024)	18 of 19	197 (2006–2024)	18 (2012)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#750 (2008)	#587 (2013)	#587 (2013)	2 of 6	10 (2008–2013)	6 (2013)

Lamar by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Lamar in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	89	4 of 10	22
2000sbusiest	153	10 of 10	15
2010s	79	10 of 10	8
2020s	12	4 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 15 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2003 and 2004, when recorded births fell by 32, from 47 to 15.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Lamar appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #509 in England and Wales in 2003.

Lamar's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3015	8	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2942	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2052	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2335	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2328	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1639	18	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2216	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1729	16	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1653	17	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2036	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1752	15	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2174	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1222	15	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#509	47	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#691	28	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1027	15	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#881	18	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#655	26	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#813	19	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#914	16	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#588	28	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #509, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 47 births, registered in England and Wales in 2003.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 12 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Anay · #509, 25y
Mahir · #509, 30y
Pietro · #509, 29y
Yash · #509, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Anay · #509, 25y
Donnie · #509, 26y
Katerina · #509, 30y
Mahir · #509, 30y

Lamar was ranked #509 in England and Wales · Boys in 2003. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Lamar and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Lamar without appearing here.

Lamar moved ahead of

Kristy Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3860 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1752 and #5556.
Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3598 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #5891.
Finlay Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3860 and #3005 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1752 and #4564.
Lynette Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2781 and #2509 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1752 and #4564.

Moved ahead of Lamar

Robyn Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3373 and #4747 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #2228.
Ole Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2445 and #3959 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #1745.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2445 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2104.
Francis Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2942 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3598 and #1863.

Moved the opposite way to Lamar

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lamar went from #588 to #5119 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lamar went from #588 to #5119 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lamar went from #588 to #5119 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lamar went from #588 to #5119 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Lamar

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lamar went from #588 to #5119 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lamar went from #588 to #5119 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lamar went from #588 to #5119 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lamar went from #588 to #5119 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #509 in England and Wales in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lamar

Lamar at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lamar across 3 official records

Lamar by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Lamar appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Lamar at a glance

Lamar across 3 official records

Lamar by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Lamar appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Lamar

Lamar and the names beside it

Lamar moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lamar

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