Boy
Lamar
Lamar is a boy's name meaning "Old French/Germanic surname", drawing on Old French roots. It has faded some since the 1980s without dropping off entirely. These days, it is neither rare nor overly common. The registry counts around 33,688 U.S. births under this name going back to 1900.
Old FrenchOld French/Germanic surname
Etymology"Famous throughout the land"
Births by decade
1900s
163
1910s
1,112
1920s
2,183
1930s
2,235
1940s
2,414
1950s
2,852
1960s
2,728
1970s
4,260
1980s
6,173
1990s
3,961
2000s
2,983
2010s
2,624
Peaked in the 1980s · 33,688 total U.S. births since 1900