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
- Peak · boys
- 1972 · 1,040 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 24,024since 1888
Lamont over time
Rank among boys' names. Lamont has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,718 | 47 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,595 | 51 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,346 | 59 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,907 | 82 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,079 | 70 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,743 | 88 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,842 | 82 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,809 | 84 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,510 | 110 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,478 | 116 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,416 | 121 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,300 | 136 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,269 | 137 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,151 | 159 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,082 | 172 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,102 | 174 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,045 | 182 | |
| 2008 | — | #954 | 210 | |
| 2007 | — | #896 | 224 | |
| 2006 | — | #976 | 190 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,018 | 166 | |
| 2004 | — | #917 | 185 | |
| 2003 | — | #816 | 214 | |
| 2002 | — | #875 | 187 | |
| 2001 | — | #796 | 211 | |
| 2000 | — | #776 | 214 | |
| 1999 | — | #721 | 228 | |
| 1998 | — | #729 | 225 | |
| 1997 | — | #703 | 226 | |
| 1996 | — | #712 | 222 | |
| 1995 | — | #624 | 272 | |
| 1994 | — | #618 | 285 | |
| 1993 | — | #569 | 324 | |
| 1992 | — | #552 | 342 | |
| 1991 | — | #569 | 314 | |
| 1990 | — | #572 | 314 | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #526 | 332 |
| 1988 | — | #521 | 307 | |
| 1987 | — | #519 | 299 | |
| 1986 | — | #485 | 326 | |
| 1985 | — | #511 | 292 | |
| 1984 | — | #471 | 320 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #469 | 317 |
| 1982 | — | #437 | 369 | |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #414 | 401 |
| 1980 | — | #363 | 484 | |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | #346 | 521 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | #323 | 541 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #337 | 531 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #300 | 599 |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 | #291 | 659 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 | #243 | 824 |
| 1973 | #3,122 | 21 | #234 | 900 |
| 1972 | #3,177 | 20 | #214 | 1,040 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 | #350 | 524 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | #352 | 534 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | #372 | 443 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | #377 | 423 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | #390 | 375 |
| 1966 | — | #408 | 342 | |
| 1965 | — | #424 | 336 | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #433 | 340 |
| 1963 | — | #458 | 293 | |
| 1962 | — | #483 | 268 | |
| 1961 | — | #483 | 272 | |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | #527 | 225 |
| 1959 | — | #493 | 252 | |
| 1958 | — | #505 | 233 | |
| 1957 | — | #513 | 225 | |
| 1956 | — | #525 | 202 | |
| 1955 | — | #511 | 206 | |
| 1954 | — | #476 | 232 | |
| 1953 | — | #494 | 201 | |
| 1952 | — | #517 | 182 | |
| 1951 | — | #474 | 204 | |
| 1950 | — | #477 | 194 | |
| 1949 | — | #477 | 193 | |
| 1948 | — | #505 | 171 | |
| 1947 | — | #561 | 145 | |
| 1946 | — | #524 | 149 | |
| 1945 | — | #603 | 101 | |
| 1944 | — | #604 | 103 | |
| 1943 | — | #662 | 94 | |
| 1942 | — | #620 | 103 | |
| 1941 | — | #624 | 94 | |
| 1940 | — | #770 | 64 | |
| 1939 | — | #811 | 56 | |
| 1938 | — | #951 | 44 | |
| 1937 | — | #982 | 41 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,540 | 19 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,422 | 23 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,133 | 34 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,051 | 38 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,126 | 36 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,253 | 30 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,069 | 42 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,237 | 32 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,293 | 31 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,293 | 32 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,466 | 25 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,451 | 26 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,839 | 19 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,420 | 27 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,282 | 32 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,360 | 30 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,642 | 22 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,449 | 25 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,286 | 30 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,528 | 22 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,335 | 26 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,782 | 16 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,608 | 15 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,497 | 13 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,746 | 9 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | #1,277 | 6 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
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| 1888 | — | #1,031 | 5 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1966
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maryland#151 · 1 in 1,057
- New Jersey#202 · 1 in 1,935
- District of Columbia#203 · 1 in 1,391
- Pennsylvania#225 · 1 in 2,895
- Illinois#236 · 1 in 2,166
Best ever in a state: #69 in District of Columbia, 1972.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #151 | 28 | 1 in 1,057 |
| New Jersey | #202 | 29 | 1 in 1,935 |
| District of Columbia | #203 | 9 | 1 in 1,391 |
| Pennsylvania | #225 | 33 | 1 in 2,895 |
| Illinois | #236 | 44 | 1 in 2,166 |
| Missouri | #258 | 16 | 1 in 2,395 |
| New York | #312 | 43 | 1 in 3,653 |
| Kentucky | #313 | 7 | 1 in 3,988 |
| Michigan | #315 | 18 | 1 in 4,396 |
| Virginia | #322 | 10 | 1 in 3,703 |
| Ohio | #361 | 16 | 1 in 5,794 |
| Tennessee | #386 | 6 | 1 in 5,574 |
| Indiana | #389 | 7 | 1 in 6,502 |
| California | #450 | 30 | 1 in 5,523 |
| North Carolina | #451 | 6 | 1 in 7,172 |
| Texas | #946 | 5 | 1 in 20,054 |
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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 Lamont
- 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)
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1972 at #214 (1,040 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 71 yrs · run 1937–2004
- 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%)
- 27.8% of all boys named Lamont (6,673) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,031 (1888) | #1,031 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 11 | #1,277 (1909) | #1,325 |
| 1910s | 161 | #1,286 (1918) | #1,552 |
| 1920s | 276 | #1,237 (1929) | #1,428 |
| 1930s | 363 | #811 (1939) | #1,134 |
| 1940s | 1,217 | #477 (1949) | #595 |
| 1950s | 2,131 | #474 (1951) | #499 |
| 1960s | 3,317 | #372 (1969) | #436 |
| 1970s | 6,673 | #214 (1972) | #299 |
| 1980s | 3,447 | #363 (1980) | #472 |
| 1990s | 2,752 | #552 (1992) | #637 |
| 2000s | 1,983 | #776 (2000) | #907 |
| 2010s | 1,291 | #1,082 (2011) | #1,396 |
| 2020s | 397 | #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 1966
Top boys' names in 1966
More about 1966
boys
1,783,461 boys got a published name in 1966; 1 in 5,215 of them was named Lamont, which outranked 91.0% of the 4,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.