Lamont Boy
How popular is Lamont?
#2,718 boy name in 2025
47 baby boys were named Lamont in the US in 2025, making it the 2718th most popular boy name.
Lamont popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,718 for boys (▼ 123 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 47 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-61% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,416 in 2015, #1,743 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1972 (1,040 boys) |
| Highest rank | #214 in 1972 |
| First recorded | 1888 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lamont counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lamont family of names ranked #1,879 for boys in 2025 (#1,809 the year before), with 62 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lamont | 47 | 76% |
| Lamonte | 15 | 24% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Lamont is most popular
Babies named Lamont per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (27 boys)
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (18 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (15 boys)
- Utah: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Maryland: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Lamont by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,030 |
| 1900s | 11 | #1,277 |
| 1910s | 161 | #1,285 |
| 1920s | 276 | #1,237 |
| 1930s | 363 | #811 |
| 1940s | 1,217 | #476 |
| 1950s | 2,131 | #473 |
| 1960s | 3,317 | #372 |
| 1970s | 6,673 | #214 |
| 1980s | 3,447 | #363 |
| 1990s | 2,752 | #552 |
| 2000s | 1,983 | #774 |
| 2010s | 1,291 | #1,082 |
| 2020s | 397 | #1,743 |
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Questions
- Is Lamont a boy or girl name?
- Lamont is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lamont were boys.
- How popular is the name Lamont?
- 47 baby boys were named Lamont in the US in 2025, making it the 2718th most popular boy name.
- When was Lamont most popular?
- Lamont peaked in 1972, when 1,040 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #214 in 1972.
- How many people are named Lamont?
- 24,189 babies have been named Lamont in the US since 1880. We estimate about 20,663 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 48.
- Where is Lamont most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lamont was most common in Ohio, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.