Meaning and history
From a Scottish surname derived from the medieval Gaelic given name Lagmann, itself from Old Norse lǫgmaðr meaning “law man,” Lamont peaked in American popularity in 1972, the same year the sitcom Sanford and Son premiered with the character Lamont Sanford, the titular son.
20062006: 190 births, rank #976
2007: 224 births, rank #896
2008: 210 births, rank #954
2009: 182 births, rank #1,045
2010: 174 births, rank #1,102
20112011: 172 births, rank #1,082
2012: 159 births, rank #1,151
2013: 137 births, rank #1,269
2014: 136 births, rank #1,300
2015: 121 births, rank #1,416
20162016: 116 births, rank #1,478
2017: 110 births, rank #1,510
2018: 84 births, rank #1,809
2019: 82 births, rank #1,842
2020: 88 births, rank #1,743
20212021: 70 births, rank #2,079
2022: 82 births, rank #1,907
2023: 59 births, rank #2,346
2024: 51 births, rank #2,595
20252025: 47 births, rank #2,718
Lamont moved from #897 to #957 for boys between 2007 and 2008. Its highest annual birth count came in 1972, with 1,040 births.