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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #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
1910
1909#1,2776
1908#1,3735
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1888#1,0315
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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.

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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 1972

girls
#3,177
20 births · 1 in 76,062 girls
boys
#214
1,040 births · 1 in 1,559 boys

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #3,177Lamont20

Top boys' names in 1972

  1. #1Michael71,393
  2. #2Christopher52,172
  3. #3James47,063
  4. #4David46,322
  5. #5John43,158
  6. #6Robert43,013
  7. #7Jason37,423
  8. #8Brian36,306
  9. #9William30,510
  10. #10Matthew22,928
  11. #214Lamont1,040
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 76,062 of them was named Lamont, which outranked 67.1% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lamont
  1. #3,062Wilda21
  2. #3,062Wilhelmina21
  3. #3,062Zita21
  4. #3,177Lamont20
  5. #3,177Abra20
  6. #3,177Alanda20
  7. #3,177Anamaria20
  8. #3,276Ammy19
  9. #3,276Analisa19
  10. #3,276Anastacia19

Tied with 98 names at #3,177; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. 5,804Camisha#6,619#815
  2. 3,921Catina#4,123#202
  3. 1,842Cherilyn#2,665#823
  4. 1,789Chasity#2,542#753
  5. 1,694Keena#2,542#848
Fallers
  1. 517Shayla#836#1,353
  2. 428Raina#798#1,226
  3. 280Kendall#742#1,022
  4. 275Alycia#951#1,226
  5. 255Charisse#727#982

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

boys

1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 1,559 of them was named Lamont, which outranked 96.3% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lamont
  1. #211Geoffrey1,052
  2. #212Raul1,050
  3. #213Bernard1,047
  4. #214Lamont1,040
  5. #215Fred1,039
  6. #216Dana1,030
  7. #217Marlon1,028
Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. 2,755Demond#3,146#391
  2. 1,286Cade#2,279#993
  3. 905Vidal#1,526#621
  4. 855Damond#1,784#929
  5. 849Kareem#1,254#405
Fallers
  1. 413Rich#914#1,327
  2. 401Monroe#947#1,348
  3. 317Laura#990#1,307
  4. 309Von#976#1,285
  5. 309Westley#998#1,307

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

See the top 100 for 1972