Lamont

Where Lamont comes from

Lamont hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1888
    First appearance
    #1,031 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1922
    Lamont Johnson born
    American actor and film director
  3. 1941
    Lamont Dozier born
    American singer-songwriter
  4. 1972
    Peak, #214
    1,040 babies named Lamont — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1980
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #363.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Lamont Dozier · American singer-songwriter, 1941–2022
  • Lamont Johnson · American actor and film director, 1922–2010
  • Lamont Bentley · American actor, 1973–2005
  • Lamont Hamilton · American basketball player, born 1984
  • Lamont Peterson · American boxer, born 1984

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.