Lamont
Lamont was the 2739th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 47 babies. Its best year was 1972, when it ranked 214th with 1,040 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,314 places. More babies were named Lamont in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Meaning "lawman" · Scottish, Old Norse
Say it luh-MAHNT /ləˈmɑnt/
- Rank in 2025
- #2,739 boys, down 983 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 47boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19721,040 babies
- Total since 1880
- 24,189babies recorded
What does the name Lamont mean?
Lamont is mainly a Scottish surname, the name of Clan Lamont, from the medieval personal name Lagman, Old Norse lǫgmaðr, "lawman", from lǫg, "law", and maðr, "man". Wikipedia notes a separate French surname of the same spelling. As a first name it is mainly American and was most popular in the 1970s.
lǫgmaðr (Old Norse, “lawman, law-speaker”)
How sure is this? Probable. A French surname has the same spelling; the Scottish origin is the usual one.
Related names: LaMont, Lammond.
See also: Scandinavian names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Lamont', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Wikipedia, 'Lamont (name)', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation)
Nicknames for Lamont
The usual nicknames for Lamont are Monty. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 boys named Lamont in the last five years, 140 were named Monty, against 15 twenty years earlier.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Boys, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monty · also for Montgomery, Monte | Traditional | #1,543 | 432 |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are boys given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Lamonts go by each one.
Lamont popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 165 since 1960.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,739 | 47 |
| 2020 | #1,756 | 88 |
| 2010 | #1,104 | 174 |
| 2000 | #778 | 214 |
| 1990 | #572 | 314 |
| 1980 | #364 | 484 |
| 1970 | #352 | 534 |
| 1960 | #528 | 225 |
| 1950 | #478 | 194 |
| 1940 | #776 | 64 |
| 1930 | #1,076 | 42 |
| 1920 | #1,668 | 22 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Lamont, counting every spelling?
Lamont has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Lamont?
47 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Lamont (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Lamont born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 179 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Lamont.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Lamont?
About 20,200 people born in the US named Lamont are alive today, with a median age of 48; half are between 33 and 56. That makes Lamont mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Lamont by state
How common Lamont was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Ohio (2.9×). In 40 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Lamont: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Lamont, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Lamont · Sibling names for Lamont
Questions about the name Lamont
What does Lamont mean?
Lamont means “"lawman"” (Scottish, Old Norse origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Lamont?
Lamont was the 2739th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 47 babies. Its best year was 1972, when it ranked 214th with 1,040 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,314 places. More babies were named Lamont in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Lamont a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Lamont in the US.
Where is Lamont most popular?
In 2021–2025, Lamont was most common in Ohio (0.10 per 1,000 boys), followed by Illinois and Pennsylvania.