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 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
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| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #1,031 | 5 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 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.
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 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 278,010 of them was named Lamont, which outranked 25.3% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,128Zenovia7
- #8,128Zephyr7
- #8,128Zora7
- #9,110Lamont6
- #9,110Aaisha6
- #9,110Abbra6
- #9,110Abel6
- #10,411Abegail5
- #10,411Abigal5
- #10,411Abiola5
Tied with 1,300 names at #9,110; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 4,467 of them was named Lamont, which outranked 94.3% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.