Lamont
Lamont is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 51 births. Its best rank was 214th, in 1972.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 510.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 19721,040 births
- Best rank
- #214in 1972
- Since 1888
- 23,975people given the name
The story in the numbers
23,975 boys have been named Lamont in the United States since 1888, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1972, with 1,040 births.
The name has all but left use: 51 births in 2024, against 1,040 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1976, and the 1970s alone account for 28%. It has spent 71 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Lamont | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 11 | |
| 1910s | 161 | |
| 1920s | 276 | |
| 1930s | 363 | |
| 1940s | 1,217 | |
| 1950s | 2,131 | |
| 1960s | 3,317 | |
| 1970s | 6,673 | |
| 1980s | 3,447 | |
| 1990s | 2,751 | |
| 2000s | 1,982 | |
| 2010s | 1,291 | |
| 2020s | 350 |
In 1972, its biggest year
Lamont was the 214th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1972 were Michael, Christopher, James, David and John. See all of 1972.
Names that rose and fell with Lamont
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Corbypeak 1973
- Durandpeak 1972
- Tobypeak 1975
- Rodrickpeak 1977
- Tyronnepeak 1970
- Shawnpeak 1971
- Darrickpeak 1971
- Brianpeak 1972
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.