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Lamont

The name Lamont carries the meaning "lawman". It has faded some since the 1970s without dropping off entirely. These days, it is a name that stands out a little. It has quietly persisted through most of the last century of American birth records.

Scottish GaelicScottish Gaelic "Lagman"
EtymologyMeaning "lawman"
Births by decade
1900s
11
1910s
161
1920s
276
1930s
363
1940s
1,217
1950s
2,132
1960s
3,353
1970s
6,787
1980s
3,464
1990s
2,748
2000s
1,982
2010s
1,120
Peaked in the 1970s · 23,614 total U.S. births since 1900