boys:
1.9k births since 1900
#2891 (37th percentile)
overall:
1.9k births since 1900
#5888 (24th percentile)
The name Lemar is the #5,888 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,872 recorded births since 1900. This represents the 23.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 23.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,891 (36.9% percentile) for all time with 1,872 births since 1900.
Lemar first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1900 (first recorded for boys in 1900). Birth data for Lemar is available in 113 out of the 124 years between 1900 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Lemar reached its peak popularity in 1979, achieving the 7.3% percentile (ranked #638) with 31 births per million. The name was most common in 1900, with 37 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Lemar ranks #902 for boys (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 20.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lemar".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Lemar", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 5 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Lamar" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Lamar..
Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Lemar. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 41.5% confident that Lemar is pronounced as luh-MAHR, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LEH-mahr, at 14.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like L AH0 M AA1 R) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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