Lamont
Boy · luh-MONT · Old Norse
Lamont is a boys' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “lawman”. In 2025 it ranked 2,718th for boys in the US (47 babies).
What does Lamont mean?
Old Norse: Scottish clan surname, from Old Norse logmadr via Gaelic
“lawman”
From the Scottish clan name Lamont, which goes back via Gaelic to the Old Norse personal name Logmadr, lawman.
- Say it
- luh-MONT
Is Lamont a girl's or a boy's name?
Lamont is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 47 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lamont in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,718among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 47about 1 in 36,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 47 boys in the US were named Lamont, making it the 2,718th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,743rd. Its busiest year was 1972, with 1,040 boys. It first appears in the records in 1888.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Lamont than any year since 1938.
Half of all the boys named Lamont in the US since 1880 were born between 1966 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 62 boys in the US were given Lamont or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,942, up from #2,718 for this spelling alone.
- Lamont 47
- Lamonte 15
Lamont in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #2,718 |
| 2024 | 51 | #2,595 |
| 2023 | 59 | #2,345 |
| 2022 | 82 | #1,906 |
| 2021 | 70 | #2,078 |
| 2020 | 88 | #1,743 |
| 2019 | 82 | #1,842 |
| 2018 | 84 | #1,808 |
| 2017 | 110 | #1,510 |
| 2016 | 116 | #1,478 |
| 2015 | 121 | #1,416 |
| 2014 | 136 | #1,300 |
| 2013 | 137 | #1,269 |
| 2012 | 159 | #1,151 |
| 2011 | 172 | #1,082 |
| 2010 | 174 | #1,102 |
| 2009 | 182 | #1,045 |
| 2008 | 210 | #954 |
| 2007 | 224 | #896 |
| 2006 | 190 | #976 |
| 2005 | 166 | #1,017 |
| 2004 | 185 | #916 |
| 2003 | 214 | #815 |
| 2002 | 187 | #874 |
| 2001 | 211 | #795 |
| 2000 | 214 | #774 |
| 1999 | 228 | #719 |
| 1998 | 225 | #729 |
| 1997 | 226 | #702 |
| 1996 | 222 | #711 |
| 1995 | 272 | #623 |
| 1994 | 285 | #617 |
| 1993 | 324 | #568 |
| 1992 | 342 | #552 |
| 1991 | 314 | #569 |
| 1990 | 314 | #571 |
| 1989 | 332 | #525 |
| 1988 | 307 | #521 |
| 1987 | 299 | #519 |
| 1986 | 326 | #485 |
| 1985 | 292 | #511 |
| 1984 | 320 | #471 |
| 1983 | 317 | #469 |
| 1982 | 369 | #437 |
| 1981 | 401 | #414 |
| 1980 | 484 | #363 |
| 1979 | 521 | #346 |
| 1978 | 541 | #323 |
| 1977 | 531 | #337 |
| 1976 | 599 | #300 |
| 1975 | 659 | #291 |
| 1974 | 824 | #243 |
| 1973 | 900 | #234 |
| 1972 | 1,040 | #214 |
| 1971 | 524 | #350 |
| 1970 | 534 | #352 |
| 1969 | 443 | #372 |
| 1968 | 423 | #377 |
| 1967 | 375 | #390 |
| 1966 | 342 | #408 |
| 1965 | 336 | #424 |
| 1964 | 340 | #433 |
| 1963 | 293 | #458 |
| 1962 | 268 | #483 |
| 1961 | 272 | #483 |
| 1960 | 225 | #527 |
| 1959 | 252 | #493 |
| 1958 | 233 | #504 |
| 1957 | 225 | #512 |
| 1956 | 202 | #524 |
| 1955 | 206 | #510 |
| 1954 | 232 | #475 |
| 1953 | 201 | #493 |
| 1952 | 182 | #516 |
| 1951 | 204 | #473 |
| 1950 | 194 | #476 |
| 1949 | 193 | #476 |
| 1948 | 171 | #505 |
| 1947 | 145 | #561 |
| 1946 | 149 | #524 |
| 1945 | 101 | #603 |
| 1944 | 103 | #604 |
| 1943 | 94 | #662 |
| 1942 | 103 | #620 |
| 1941 | 94 | #624 |
| 1940 | 64 | #770 |
| 1939 | 56 | #811 |
| 1938 | 44 | #951 |
| 1937 | 41 | #982 |
| 1936 | 19 | #1,540 |
| 1935 | 23 | #1,422 |
| 1934 | 34 | #1,133 |
| 1933 | 38 | #1,051 |
| 1932 | 36 | #1,126 |
| 1931 | 30 | #1,253 |
| 1930 | 42 | #1,069 |
| 1929 | 32 | #1,237 |
| 1928 | 31 | #1,293 |
| 1927 | 32 | #1,293 |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,466 |
| 1925 | 26 | #1,451 |
| 1924 | 19 | #1,839 |
| 1923 | 27 | #1,420 |
| 1922 | 32 | #1,282 |
| 1921 | 30 | #1,360 |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,642 |
| 1919 | 25 | #1,448 |
| 1918 | 30 | #1,285 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,528 |
| 1916 | 26 | #1,335 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,781 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,607 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,496 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,745 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,372 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,030 |
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