Lemar
Lemar is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 9 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 90.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 197955 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1900
- 1,881people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,881 boys have been named Lemar in the United States since 1900, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1979, with 55 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1980, and the 1980s alone account for 21%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Lemar | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 6 | |
| 1910s | 83 | |
| 1920s | 110 | |
| 1930s | 143 | |
| 1940s | 108 | |
| 1950s | 121 | |
| 1960s | 135 | |
| 1970s | 230 | |
| 1980s | 401 | |
| 1990s | 205 | |
| 2000s | 155 | |
| 2010s | 134 | |
| 2020s | 50 |
In 1979, its biggest year
Lemar was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1979 were Michael, Christopher, Jason, David and James. See all of 1979.
Names that rose and fell with Lemar
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lamarpeak 1989
- Lavellepeak 1989
- Felicianopeak 1979
- Ramonpeak 1991
- Evaristopeak 1971
- Lauropeak 2000
- Corwinpeak 1988
- Delvinpeak 1978
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.