The baby name Lamar appears in baby name data for the United States from 1910 to 2024. It was most popular in 1989 with 768 babies given the name.
Over the period shown, Lamar has stayed at a similar level of popularity.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 34 |
| 1911 | 24 |
| 1912 | 38 |
| 1913 | 65 |
| 1914 | 76 |
| 1915 | 104 |
| 1916 | 215 |
| 1917 | 194 |
| 1918 | 179 |
| 1919 | 211 |
| 1920 | 208 |
| 1921 | 219 |
| 1922 | 231 |
| 1923 | 256 |
| 1924 | 299 |
| 1925 | 296 |
| 1926 | 282 |
| 1927 | 302 |
| 1928 | 345 |
| 1929 | 442 |
| 1930 | 492 |
| 1931 | 244 |
| 1932 | 254 |
| 1933 | 283 |
| 1934 | 236 |
| 1935 | 223 |
| 1936 | 198 |
| 1937 | 242 |
| 1938 | 222 |
| 1939 | 256 |
| 1940 | 255 |
| 1941 | 251 |
| 1942 | 249 |
| 1943 | 290 |
| 1944 | 239 |
| 1945 | 233 |
| 1946 | 268 |
| 1947 | 407 |
| 1948 | 386 |
| 1949 | 356 |
| 1950 | 402 |
| 1951 | 5 |
| 1951 | 409 |
| 1952 | 386 |
| 1953 | 379 |
| 1954 | 7 |
| 1954 | 408 |
| 1955 | 5 |
| 1955 | 438 |
| 1956 | 372 |
| 1957 | 6 |
| 1957 | 378 |
| 1958 | 5 |
| 1958 | 365 |
| 1959 | 338 |
| 1960 | 5 |
| 1960 | 331 |
| 1961 | 18 |
| 1961 | 290 |
| 1962 | 300 |
| 1963 | 278 |
| 1964 | 294 |
| 1965 | 308 |
| 1966 | 244 |
| 1967 | 5 |
| 1967 | 304 |
| 1968 | 317 |
| 1969 | 311 |
| 1970 | 420 |
| 1971 | 6 |
| 1971 | 392 |
| 1972 | 5 |
| 1972 | 447 |
| 1973 | 5 |
| 1973 | 358 |
| 1974 | 282 |
| 1975 | 8 |
| 1975 | 275 |
| 1976 | 10 |
| 1976 | 403 |
| 1977 | 16 |
| 1977 | 565 |
| 1978 | 10 |
| 1978 | 495 |
| 1979 | 661 |
| 1980 | 726 |
| 1981 | 574 |
| 1982 | 582 |
| 1983 | 651 |
| 1984 | 575 |
| 1985 | 483 |
| 1986 | 613 |
| 1987 | 607 |
| 1988 | 680 |
| 1989 | 768 |
| 1990 | 699 |
| 1991 | 547 |
| 1992 | 601 |
| 1993 | 471 |
| 1994 | 392 |
| 1995 | 318 |
| 1996 | 304 |
| 1997 | 338 |
| 1998 | 237 |
| 1999 | 259 |
| 2000 | 306 |
| 2001 | 323 |
| 2002 | 234 |
| 2003 | 208 |
| 2004 | 347 |
| 2005 | 353 |
| 2006 | 387 |
| 2007 | 328 |
| 2008 | 353 |
| 2009 | 318 |
| 2010 | 346 |
| 2011 | 7 |
| 2011 | 337 |
| 2012 | 318 |
| 2013 | 5 |
| 2013 | 369 |
| 2014 | 25 |
| 2014 | 324 |
| 2015 | 32 |
| 2015 | 312 |
| 2016 | 23 |
| 2016 | 259 |
| 2017 | 16 |
| 2017 | 302 |
| 2018 | 8 |
| 2018 | 230 |
| 2019 | 189 |
| 2020 | 182 |
| 2021 | 127 |
| 2022 | 124 |
| 2023 | 92 |
| 2024 | 63 |