How Many People Are Named Lambert?
people named Lambert are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 257,950 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,515 babies named Lambert in Social Security records from 1881 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐๐ Very Rare
Peak Year
98 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Derived from the Germanic elements land "land" and beraht "bright". Saint Lambert of Maastricht was a 7th-century bishop who was martyred after denouncing Pepin II for adultery.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
โง Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Lambert in the records were boys.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Lambert alive today is about 52 years old, and 46% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 36 and 71 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Lambert first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 1918, to 98 babies. In 2025, 12 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2025
๐ Rank History
Lambert has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #570, in 1900. In 2025 it ranked #7,029.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #7,029 |
| Best rank | #570 (1900) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #823 in the 1920s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Lambert alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lambert were born in California than in any other state: about 33 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lambert was given 6.2 times as often in Minnesota, 3.7 times in Illinois and 2.2 times in Michigan.
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