Lamont

Last seen for girls in 1989 at #10,847 · #2,718 for boys in 2025, 47 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1972 · 1,040 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
24,024
since 1888

Lamont over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Lamont has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201888peak #214, 1972boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2,71847
2024—#2,59551
2023—#2,34659
2022—#1,90782
2021—#2,07970
2020—#1,74388
2019—#1,84282
2018—#1,80984
2017—#1,510110
2016—#1,478116
2015—#1,416121
2014—#1,300136
2013—#1,269137
2012—#1,151159
2011—#1,082172
2010—#1,102174
2009—#1,045182
2008—#954210
2007—#896224
2006—#976190
2005—#1,018166
2004—#917185
2003—#816214
2002—#875187
2001—#796211
2000—#776214
1999—#721228
1998—#729225
1997—#703226
1996—#712222
1995—#624272
1994—#618285
1993—#569324
1992—#552342
1991—#569314
1990—#572314
1989#10,8476#526332
1988—#521307
1987—#519299
1986—#485326
1985—#511292
1984—#471320
1983#10,2755#469317
1982—#437369
1981#9,1106#414401
1980—#363484
1979#5,75111#346521
1978#5,95810#323541
1977#9,6525#337531
1976#7,2967#300599
1975#4,59313#291659
1974#5,36010#243824
1973#3,12221#234900
1972#3,17720#2141,040
1971#5,5439#350524
1970#5,8188#352534
1969#5,0579#372443
1968#5,6427#377423
1967#6,8045#390375
1966—#408342
1965—#424336
1964#6,0096#433340
1963—#458293
1962—#483268
1961—#483272
1960#5,1687#527225
1959—#493252
1958—#505233
1957—#513225
1956—#525202
1955—#511206
1954—#476232
1953—#494201
1952—#517182
1951—#474204
1950—#477194
1949—#477193
1948—#505171
1947—#561145
1946—#524149
1945—#603101
1944—#604103
1943—#66294
1942—#620103
1941—#62494
1940—#77064
1939—#81156
1938—#95144
1937—#98241
1936—#1,54019
1935—#1,42223
1934—#1,13334
1933—#1,05138
1932—#1,12636
1931—#1,25330
1930—#1,06942
1929—#1,23732
1928—#1,29331
1927—#1,29332
1926—#1,46625
1925—#1,45126
1924—#1,83919
1923—#1,42027
1922—#1,28232
1921—#1,36030
1920—#1,64222
1919—#1,44925
1918—#1,28630
1917—#1,52822
1916—#1,33526
1915—#1,78216
1914—#1,60815
1913—#1,49713
1912—#1,7469
1911—#1,7405
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1908—#1,3735
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First appearance
1888

The first year at least five boys were named Lamont! It came in at #1,031, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1888–1908, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Lamont is popular in 1888

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Lamont
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 123 spots since 2024 (#2,595 → #2,718)
  • 975 spots since 2020 (#1,743 → #2,718)
  • 1,302 spots since 2015 (#1,416 → #2,718)
  • Biggest jump: 558 spots in 1937 (#1,540 → #982)
  • Biggest drop: 101 spots in 2004 (#816 → #917)
Rise & fade · boys
84 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1972 at #214 (1,040 births)
  • Births halved by 1980, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 71 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 71 yrs · run 1937–2004
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,559
  • Highest: 1 in 1,559 boys born in 1972 were named Lamont (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 36,342 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 27.8% of all boys named Lamont (6,673) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,031 (1888)#1,031
1890s0——
1900s11#1,277 (1909)#1,325
1910s161#1,286 (1918)#1,552
1920s276#1,237 (1929)#1,428
1930s363#811 (1939)#1,134
1940s1,217#477 (1949)#595
1950s2,131#474 (1951)#499
1960s3,317#372 (1969)#436
1970s6,673#214 (1972)#299
1980s3,447#363 (1980)#472
1990s2,752#552 (1992)#637
2000s1,983#776 (2000)#907
2010s1,291#1,082 (2011)#1,396
2020s397#1,743 (2020)#2,231

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.

Lamont in 1888

boys
#1,031
5 births · 1 in 24,170 boys

Top boys' names in 1888

  1. #1John9,247
  2. #2William8,705
  3. #3James5,562
  4. #4George4,912
  5. #5Charles4,591
  6. #6Frank3,459
  7. #7Joseph2,993
  8. #8Robert2,814
  9. #9Harry2,759
  10. #10Henry2,596
  11. #1,031Lamont5
More about 1888

boys

120,852 boys got a published name in 1888; 1 in 24,170 of them was named Lamont, which outranked 12.4% of the 1,177 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 39.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lamont
  1. #917York6
  2. #917Young6
  3. #917Zeke6
  4. #1,031Lamont5
  5. #1,031Ad5
  6. #1,031Ada5
  7. #1,031Addie5

Tied with 146 names at #1,031; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1887
Risers
  1. ↑ 416Dell#921 → #505
  2. ↑ 416Reed#921 → #505
  3. ↑ 377Simeon#819 → #442
  4. ↑ 375Hardy#752 → #377
  5. ↑ 367Hazel#921 → #554
Fallers
  1. ↓ 487Connie#544 → #1,031
  2. ↓ 448Alice#583 → #1,031
  3. ↓ 448Shelton#583 → #1,031
  4. ↓ 401Bruno#516 → #917
  5. ↓ 401Young#516 → #917

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

See the top 100 for 1888 →