Lambert
Lambert was given to 12 boys in 2025, #7,029 among boys’ names; 3,515 Americans have been recorded with it since 1881 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,300 Americans named Lambert and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (37% of everyone recorded); the median is 57 years old and half are between 37 and 72.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lambert by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lambert mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Lambert is “a male given name from the Germanic languages; in modern use partly transferred back from the surname.” Its etymology gives the senses “land” (*land) and “bright” (*berht).
From Middle English Lambert, from Old French Lambert, a saint’s name (of a Bishop of Maastricht) brought to England by the Normans, from Proto-West Germanic *Landaberht, from *land (“land”) + *berht (“bright”). Cognate with Old English Landbeorht, Old High German Lantbërht, Dutch Lambrecht.
/ˈlæmbɚt/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lambert?
#7,029 among boys’ names, 2025
Lambert fell from #5,890 in 2015 to #7,029 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 7.8 to 7.0 per million.
98 babies in 1918, the peak
Lambert peaked in 1918, when 98 boys were given it, #623 among boys’ names. The 12 births of 2025 are 12% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #7,029 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 8 | #9,499 | under 0.01 |
| 2023 | 8 | #9,411 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 10 | #8,083 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 8 | #9,331 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,451 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,965 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,958 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,212 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,961 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (141)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 15 | #5,890 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,516 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,859 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 6 | #11,647 | under 0.01 |
| 2011 | 6 | #11,673 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 8 | #9,515 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,501 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 5 | #13,553 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,699 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 5 | #12,432 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 8 | #8,292 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,392 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 9 | #7,244 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,879 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 8 | #7,256 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,396 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,790 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 5 | #9,688 | under 0.01 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,403 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 7 | #7,255 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 21 | #3,162 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 14 | #4,131 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,884 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,415 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,287 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 18 | #2,898 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,951 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,316 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 19 | #2,580 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,162 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 15 | #3,046 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 18 | #2,633 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 22 | #2,329 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 24 | #2,131 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,867 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 16 | #2,736 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 25 | #1,963 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 19 | #2,326 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,236 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 17 | #2,364 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 18 | #2,207 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 24 | #1,845 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 16 | #2,360 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 19 | #1,949 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,395 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 20 | #1,790 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 26 | #1,527 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 18 | #1,890 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 23 | #1,680 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 33 | #1,367 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 34 | #1,353 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 36 | #1,337 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 35 | #1,351 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 35 | #1,330 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 31 | #1,411 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 50 | #1,077 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 36 | #1,290 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 16 | #2,010 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 52 | #1,039 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 46 | #1,082 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 43 | #1,126 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 41 | #1,128 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 31 | #1,304 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 34 | #1,240 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 31 | #1,309 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 33 | #1,284 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 42 | #1,066 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 23 | #1,398 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 41 | #1,027 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 24 | #1,447 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 36 | #1,156 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 45 | #957 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 39 | #1,039 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 46 | #922 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 28 | #1,263 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 35 | #1,112 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 44 | #934 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 39 | #1,033 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 42 | #1,000 | 0.04 |
| 1933 | 31 | #1,194 | 0.03 |
| 1932 | 43 | #1,017 | 0.04 |
| 1931 | 46 | #978 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 57 | #881 | 0.05 |
| 1929 | 54 | #918 | 0.05 |
| 1928 | 73 | #757 | 0.07 |
| 1927 | 57 | #905 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 70 | #779 | 0.06 |
| 1925 | 54 | #918 | 0.05 |
| 1924 | 80 | #745 | 0.07 |
| 1923 | 73 | #773 | 0.07 |
| 1922 | 64 | #861 | 0.06 |
| 1921 | 65 | #859 | 0.06 |
| 1920 | 76 | #761 | 0.07 |
| 1919 | 59 | #863 | 0.06 |
| 1918 | 98 | #623 | 0.10 |
| 1917 | 85 | #647 | 0.09 |
| 1916 | 88 | #624 | 0.10 |
| 1915 | 71 | #696 | 0.08 |
| 1914 | 61 | #649 | 0.09 |
| 1913 | 35 | #814 | 0.07 |
| 1912 | 32 | #774 | 0.07 |
| 1911 | 13 | #953 | 0.06 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,732 | 0.03 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,123 | 0.05 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,069 | 0.05 |
| 1907 | 9 | #964 | 0.06 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,064 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 10 | #820 | 0.08 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,309 | 0.04 |
| 1903 | 10 | #757 | 0.08 |
| 1902 | 9 | #829 | 0.07 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,001 | 0.06 |
| 1900 | 19 | #570 | 0.13 |
| 1899 | 11 | #640 | 0.10 |
| 1898 | 7 | #946 | 0.06 |
| 1897 | 7 | #893 | 0.06 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,185 | 0.04 |
| 1895 | 11 | #657 | 0.09 |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,022 | 0.05 |
| 1893 | 8 | #801 | 0.07 |
| 1892 | 8 | #833 | 0.07 |
| 1891 | 9 | #675 | 0.09 |
| 1890 | 6 | #950 | 0.05 |
| 1889 | 8 | #757 | 0.07 |
| 1887 | 7 | #794 | 0.07 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,039 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 6 | #883 | 0.06 |
| 1884 | 8 | #732 | 0.07 |
| 1883 | 5 | #975 | 0.05 |
| 1882 | 9 | #677 | 0.08 |
| 1881 | 9 | #627 | 0.09 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Lambert a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lambert has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 141 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Lambert: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lambert, and how old are they?
1,300 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 37% of the 3,515 Americans ever recorded as Lambert. The median Lambert alive today is 57 years old; half are between 37 and 72.
The 2020 Census counted 1,832 people named Lambert (32 women and girls, 1,800 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,448 born in the U.S. The Census count is 27% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 126 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 447 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 267 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 223 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 94 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 140 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Lambert born?
The states with the most babies named Lambert are Illinois, Minnesota and Michigan, with 42% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Minnesota is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 135 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Minnesota | 84 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Michigan | 52 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Hawaii | 44 | not ranked | 3.3× |
| Missouri | 42 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| California | 36 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Nebraska | 35 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| New York | 34 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 34 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Wisconsin | 34 | not ranked | 0.4× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Lambert with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lambert
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Lambert and names like it
- Compare Lambert and ClementBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sLambert peaked in 1918.
- Illinois’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lambert since 1910.
- Germanic namesWiktionary’s origin for Lambert: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Lambert.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Lambert alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.