Fun Facts About the Name Lamarr
- More than 2 thousand babies named Lamarr: U.S. records list 2,926 babies given the name Lamarr from 1880 through 2025. Even 30 girls received the name Lamarr - about 1 girl for every 97 boys.
What Does the Name Lamarr Mean?
Lamarr is an English-language surname that is also used as a given name, and its meaning is not securely recorded. The usual explanation links it to the surname Lamar, which comes from Old French la mare, "the pool" or "the marsh." As a topographic surname it described someone who lived by a pond or on marshy ground, and its literal sense is simply "the pool," with "dweller by the pool" being the customary reading rather than a word-for-word translation. The French surname also appears as La Mar, LaMarr, and Marr.
The spelling with a final double r is the form that shows up in American film names rather than in older records, so its own derivation is uncertain. It has been connected both to the French surname Lamar and to the separate Scottish surname Marr, which comes from a district in Aberdeenshire. No documented chain shows which, if either, was intended, so the safest statement is that the older French surname means "the pool," while the meaning behind the Lamarr spelling itself remains unclear.
Lamarr Name History & Origins
The surname Lamar is French in origin and was carried to England and then to North America, where it took root, especially in the American South. It began to be used as a first name in the United States in the 1800s, following the Southern habit of passing a family surname down as a given name. Examples include Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar (1798 - 1859), the second president of the Republic of Texas, and Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1825 - 1893), a Mississippi congressman and later a Supreme Court justice; in both cases Lamar was the family surname.
The double-r spelling is best known from the movies. The silent-screen actress Barbara La Marr (1896 - 1926), born Reatha Dale Watson, used the name La Marr professionally in the early 1920s. A decade later the Viennese-born actress Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler (1914 - 2000) adopted the stage name Hedy Lamarr after moving to Hollywood, and reported accounts link that spelling to Barbara La Marr; the reasoning behind the choice has been described differently over the years. Lamarr has since appeared now and then as an American given name.
How Popular is the Name Lamarr?
Lamarr has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1984. Its best rank was #1,049 in 1984.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | #10,072 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1974 | #6,553 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1968 | #6,629 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1939 | #4,593 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1926 | #4,582 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,638 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #11,728 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2023 | #10,331 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #8,695 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #6,534 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #6,157 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2019 | #5,070 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2018 | #4,305 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2017 | #6,528 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2016 | #4,707 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2015 | #4,635 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2014 | #4,794 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2013 | #4,901 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2012 | #3,592 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 2011 | #3,744 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2010 | #3,054 | 38 | 0.0020% |
| 2009 | #3,604 | 30 | 0.0015% |
| 2008 | #3,997 | 26 | 0.0013% |
| 2007 | #3,853 | 27 | 0.0013% |
| 2006 | #4,442 | 21 | 0.0010% |
| 2005 | #4,401 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2004 | #3,708 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 2003 | #3,686 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 2002 | #3,150 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 2001 | #4,808 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2000 | #3,484 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 1999 | #2,251 | 41 | 0.0021% |
| 1998 | #2,896 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 1997 | #2,655 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 1996 | #2,360 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 1995 | #2,327 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 1994 | #2,429 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 1993 | #2,188 | 36 | 0.0018% |
| 1992 | #1,668 | 52 | 0.0026% |
| 1991 | #1,664 | 50 | 0.0025% |
| 1990 | #1,578 | 53 | 0.0026% |
| 1989 | #1,344 | 67 | 0.0033% |
| 1988 | #1,289 | 64 | 0.0033% |
| 1987 | #1,416 | 52 | 0.0028% |
| 1986 | #1,342 | 54 | 0.0029% |
| 1985 | #1,340 | 52 | 0.0028% |
| 1984 | #1,049 | 73 | 0.0040% |
| 1983 | #1,071 | 69 | 0.0038% |
| 1982 | #1,129 | 66 | 0.0036% |
| 1981 | #1,285 | 52 | 0.0029% |
| 1980 | #1,208 | 58 | 0.0033% |
| 1979 | #1,074 | 69 | 0.0040% |
| 1978 | #1,141 | 60 | 0.0037% |
| 1977 | #1,087 | 64 | 0.0039% |
| 1976 | #1,339 | 44 | 0.0028% |
| 1975 | #1,236 | 48 | 0.0031% |
| 1974 | #1,430 | 37 | 0.0024% |
| 1973 | #1,100 | 55 | 0.0035% |
| 1972 | #1,223 | 46 | 0.0028% |
| 1971 | #1,207 | 47 | 0.0027% |
| 1970 | #1,150 | 52 | 0.0028% |
| 1969 | #1,259 | 40 | 0.0022% |
| 1968 | #1,240 | 38 | 0.0022% |
| 1967 | #1,527 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1966 | #1,389 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 1965 | #1,349 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 1964 | #1,874 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1963 | #1,868 | 19 | 0.0009% |
| 1962 | #1,650 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 1961 | #1,589 | 26 | 0.0012% |
| 1960 | #1,351 | 35 | 0.0016% |
| 1959 | #1,838 | 20 | 0.0009% |
| 1958 | #1,990 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 1957 | #1,609 | 25 | 0.0012% |
| 1956 | #1,986 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 1955 | #1,883 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1954 | #1,735 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 1953 | #1,746 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 1952 | #1,446 | 28 | 0.0014% |
| 1951 | #1,474 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 1950 | #1,728 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1949 | #1,689 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1948 | #1,685 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1947 | #1,761 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1946 | #2,094 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1945 | #1,558 | 19 | 0.0014% |
| 1944 | #2,754 | 8 | 0.0006% |
| 1943 | #2,343 | 11 | 0.0008% |
| 1942 | #2,000 | 14 | 0.0010% |
| 1941 | #1,430 | 23 | 0.0019% |
| 1940 | #1,944 | 14 | 0.0012% |
| 1939 | #1,609 | 18 | 0.0016% |
| 1938 | #2,265 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1937 | #2,591 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1936 | #3,367 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1935 | #2,832 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1934 | #3,498 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1933 | #1,797 | 16 | 0.0016% |
| 1932 | #3,236 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1931 | #3,595 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1930 | #2,897 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1929 | #3,408 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1928 | #3,548 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1927 | #3,642 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1926 | #2,138 | 15 | 0.0014% |
| 1925 | #3,038 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1924 | #1,937 | 18 | 0.0016% |
| 1923 | #2,703 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1919 | #3,586 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1918 | #4,506 | 5 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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