first name
LAMONT
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 15,436 people named Lamont, 82.2% reported their origin as Black, 9.5% as White and 4.8% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Lamont peaked in 1972, when 1,060 babies got the name.
At least 24,189 babies have been given the name since 1888. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Lamont by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #632. The largest share of babies named Lamont, 38.1%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Lamont is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lamont has been most common in District of Columbia (6.1×), Maryland (4.1×), and New Jersey (2.3×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.14×).
19,865 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Lamont
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lamont, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Lamont ranks #5,293 of 156,621, with 6,359 people. See Lamont as a last name
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