girls:
165 births since 1960
#5551 (3rd percentile)
boys:
23.9k births since 1888
#741 (84th percentile)
overall:
24.1k births since 1888
#1636 (79th percentile)
The name Lamont is the #1,636 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 24,088 recorded births since 1888. This represents the 78.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 78.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #741 (83.9% percentile) for all time with 23,923 births since 1888. For girls, it ranks #5,551 (2.9% percentile) for all time with 165 births since 1960.
Lamont first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1888 (1888 for boys and 1960 for girls). Birth data for Lamont is available in 116 out of the 136 years between 1888 and 2023 (116 years for boys and 18 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Lamont has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.3% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Lamont reached its peak popularity in 1972, achieving the 68.3% percentile (ranked #210) with 621 births per million. The name was most common in 1972, with 621 births per million (ranked 68.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2010, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Lamont ranks #857 for boys (5.9% percentile) with 32 births per million, which is 5.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Lamont reached its peak popularity in 1973, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #724) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1973, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1989.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lamont".
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