How Many People Are Named Lamont?
people named Lamont are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 16,657 people in the US has this name
Based on 24,189 babies named Lamont in Social Security records from 1888 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,060 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a Scottish surname which was derived from the Old Norse given name Logmaðr meaning "law man".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Lamont, 0.8% were girls and 99.3% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lamont alive today is about 44 years old, and 61% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 32 and 55 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lamont first appears in the records in 1888 and was given most often in 1972, to 1,060 babies. In 2025, 47 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1888 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lamont has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #214, in 1972. In 2025 it ranked #2,739.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,739 |
| Best rank | #214 (1972) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #294 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lamont alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lamont were born in New York than in any other state: about 2,384 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lamont was given 5.2 times as often in District of Columbia, 4 times in Maryland and 2.3 times in New Jersey.
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