Lamarr vs Lamonte
American parents have registered 3,417 Lamontes since 1880, against 2,926 Lamarrs. Lamonte is still ahead, with 15 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Lamarr Lamonte
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 110 years in which either name was published, Lamonte for 73 years and Lamarr for 37 years. The lead changed hands 22 times.
- 1915–1918 Lamonte ahead
- 1923–1933 Lamarr ahead
- 1934–1936 Lamonte ahead
- 1939–1941 Lamarr ahead
- 1942–1976 Lamonte ahead, apart from 2 short spells
- 1977–1990 Lamarr ahead
- 1991–2025 Lamonte ahead, apart from 2 short spells
12 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Lamarr | Lamonte | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 2,926 | 3,417 |
| Most in one year | 73 | 91 |
| Babies in 2025 | 9 | 15 |
| Estimated living today | 2,400 | 2,900 |
| Median age today | 41 | 37 |
| Peak year | 1984 | 1971 |
| Best rank | 1,042nd boys | 857th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 8,243rd | 5,861st |
| First recorded | 1918 | 1915 |
| Girls / boys | 30 / 2,896 | 0 / 3,417 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Lamarrs alive today are over 41; half the Lamontes are over 37. That is 4 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Lamarr Michigan (6.1×), Illinois (2.8×), Ohio (2.8×)
- Lamonte Illinois (3.3×), Virginia (2.7×), California (2.5×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Lamarr and Lamonte.