Lambert

#6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births

Peak · boys
1900 · 19 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,515
since 1881

Lambert over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Lambert has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201941peak #555, 1900boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#6,80312
2024#8,9878
2023#8,9218
2022#7,76810
2021#8,8258
2020#8,0679
2019#7,64310
2018#6,70312
2017#5,11118
2016#6,72612
2015#5,74615
2014#8,1309
2013#7,53710
2012#10,7706
2011#10,8086
2010—
2009#8,9858
2008#9,0198
2007#12,3675
2006—
2005#9,1157
2004#11,3565
2003#7,8318
2002#7,0559
2001#6,9359
2000#7,4168
1999—
1998#6,8438
1997#6,1009
1996#5,53510
1995#8,8685
1994#3,32620
1993#6,8167
1992#3,10521
1991#4,00514
1990#3,77915
1989#4,27112
1988#3,20316
1987#2,83818
1986#2,89117
1985#3,21614
1984#2,52919
1983#3,07114
1982#2,97215
1981#2,56918
1980#2,28422
1979#2,10424
1978#2,79915
1977#2,66516
1976#1,93225
1975#2,28819
1974#3,12011
1973#2,31117
1972#2,15818
1971#1,82324
1970#2,29316
1969#1,91419
1968#2,31113
1967#1,75820
1966#1,51026
1965#1,85618
1964#1,65523
1963#1,35433
1962#1,34134
1961#1,32236
1960#1,34135
1959#1,32435
1958#1,39631
1957#1,07550
1956#1,28536
1955#1,97916
1954#1,03952
1953#1,07446
1952#1,11143
1951#1,12341
1950#1,28931
1949#1,22734
1948#1,29631
1947#1,27133
1946#1,06042
1945#1,37823
1944#1,01841
1943#1,43124
1942#1,13936
1941#95145
1940#1,03139
1939#91646
1938#1,24728
1937#1,09435
1936#92444
1935#1,02039
1934#98242
1933#1,18131
1932#1,00443
1931#97446
1930#87357
1929#91454
1928#75273
1927#89857
1926#77670
1925#91654
1924#74480
1923#76973
1922#85564
1921#85665
1920#75476
1919#85959
1918#62098
1917#64585
1916#62088
1915#69071
1914#64561
1913#80635
1912#76532
1911#92513
1910#1,5895
1909#1,0838
1908#1,0218
1907#9309
1906#1,0047
1905#78610
1904#1,2055
1903#73410
1902#7949
1901#9436
1900#55519
1899#61311
1898#8857
1897#8527
1896#1,1015
1895#64011
1894#9546
1893#7688
1892#7928
1891#6359
1890#8846
1889#7228
1888—
1887#7527
1886#9595
1885#8366
1884#7018
1883#8925
1882#6529
1881#5959
1880—
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Lambert! It came in at #595, and was given to 9 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1888, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Lambert is popular in 1941

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedMNIllinois: #478 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 12,784 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Lambert, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Illinois#478 · 1 in 12,784

Best ever in a state: #129 in Minnesota, 1912.

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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Lambert
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 2,184 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #6,803)
  • 1,264 spots since 2020 (#8,067 → #6,803)
  • 1,057 spots since 2015 (#5,746 → #6,803)
  • Biggest jump: 664 spots in 1911 (#1,589 → #925)
  • Biggest drop: 471 spots in 1904 (#734 → #1,205)
Rise & fade · boys
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1900 at #555 (19 births)
  • Births halved by 1901, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 48 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1911–1931
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,920
  • Highest: 1 in 7,920 boys born in 1900 were named Lambert (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 18.9% of all boys named Lambert (666) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s57#595 (1881)#764
1890s78#613 (1899)#812
1900s91#555 (1900)#906
1910s547#620 (1918)#816
1920s666#744 (1924)#823
1930s411#873 (1930)#1,022
1940s348#951 (1941)#1,180
1950s381#1,039 (1954)#1,270
1960s257#1,322 (1961)#1,636
1970s185#1,823 (1971)#2,349
1980s165#2,284 (1980)#2,984
1990s109#3,105 (1992)#5,375
2000s67#6,935 (2001)#8,898
2010s98#5,111 (2017)#7,686
2020s55#6,803 (2025)#8,229

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Lambert in 1941

boys
#951
45 births · 1 in 27,296 boys

Top boys' names in 1941

  1. #1James66,751
  2. #2Robert64,247
  3. #3John57,520
  4. #4William47,798
  5. #5Richard39,112
  6. #6Charles32,742
  7. #7David30,553
  8. #8Thomas26,641
  9. #9Ronald24,407
  10. #10Donald22,641
  11. #951Lambert45
More about 1941

boys

1,228,318 boys got a published name in 1941; 1 in 27,296 of them was named Lambert, which outranked 76.2% of the 4,002 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lambert
  1. #938Michel46
  2. #938Santo46
  3. #938Woodie46
  4. #951Lambert45
  5. #951Beryl45
  6. #951Cornell45
  7. #951Denzil45
  8. #960Autry44
  9. #960Cameron44
  10. #960Elwyn44

Tied with 8 names at #951; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1940
Risers
  1. ↑ 586Gay#1,573 → #987
  2. ↑ 375Issac#1,251 → #876
  3. ↑ 363Otho#1,334 → #971
  4. ↑ 338Lawrance#1,208 → #870
  5. ↑ 313Ford#1,251 → #938
Fallers
  1. ↓ 508Wilkie#792 → #1,300
  2. ↓ 452Arlis#994 → #1,446
  3. ↓ 394Ruby#939 → #1,333
  4. ↓ 359Gonzalo#850 → #1,209
  5. ↓ 325Lenord#929 → #1,254

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1941 →