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Lamont

Lamont was most popular in 1972, when 1,040 boys got the name. In 2025 it ranked number 2,739 for boys.

24,189babies since 1880
1972most popular year
#214best rank, 1972
#2,739rank in 2025

Babies named Lamont each year in the US

Girls Boys

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See the numbers by decade
DecadeGirlsBoys
1880s05
1890s00
1900s011
1910s0161
1920s0276
1930s0363
1940s01,217
1950s02,131
1960s343,317
1970s1146,673
1980s173,447
1990s02,752
2000s01,983
2010s01,291
2020s0397

Lamont in other countries

Out of every 10,000 boys born each year, how many were named Lamont.

US England and Wales

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CountryTop yearAt peak2025 rank
US 1972 1 in 1,559 #2,739
England and Wales 1985 1 in 32,878 n/a

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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