# Lamont (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lamont/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 24,189 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 24,024 / 165 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 9, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 7 | 5,934 |
| 1969 | 9 | 5,257 |
| 1970 | 8 | 6,078 |
| 1971 | 9 | 5,774 |
| 1972 | 20 | 3,227 |
| 1973 | 21 | 3,176 |
| 1974 | 10 | 5,561 |
| 1975 | 13 | 4,725 |
| 1976 | 7 | 7,716 |
| 1977 | 5 | 10,451 |
| 1978 | 10 | 6,172 |
| 1979 | 11 | 5,952 |
| 1981 | 6 | 9,751 |
| 1983 | 5 | 11,152 |
| 1989 | 6 | 11,634 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 172 | 1,085 |
| 2012 | 159 | 1,154 |
| 2013 | 137 | 1,273 |
| 2014 | 136 | 1,304 |
| 2015 | 121 | 1,425 |
| 2016 | 116 | 1,480 |
| 2017 | 110 | 1,514 |
| 2018 | 84 | 1,816 |
| 2019 | 82 | 1,844 |
| 2020 | 88 | 1,756 |
| 2021 | 70 | 2,088 |
| 2022 | 82 | 1,915 |
| 2023 | 59 | 2,352 |
| 2024 | 51 | 2,617 |
| 2025 | 47 | 2,739 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 | 2,901 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,036 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |

## People named Lamont

- Lamont Dozier, American singer-songwriter (1941–2022)
- Lamont Johnson, American actor and film director (1922–2010)
- Lamont Bentley, American actor (1973-2005)
- Lamont Hamilton, American basketball player (born 1984)
- Lamont Jones, American basketball player (born 1990)
- Lamont Peterson, American boxer
- Big L, American rapper (1974–1999)
- U-God, American rapper (born 1970)
- Pimp C, American rapper and record producer (1973–2007)
- Mike James, American basketball player (born 1975)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.