Boys' name · since 1997
Lamontez
42 babies named Lamontez in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,387 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 42
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
42 boys have been named Lamontez since 1997, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lamontez has been recorded 42 times among boys since 1997, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2014.
- #23,387 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 42 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lamontez ranks #23,387 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 42 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #23,387 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 42
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Lamontez's 42 recorded births place it above 48.41% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lamontez's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lamontez splits its recorded history at 2006: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2000 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1997 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lamontez popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2014
- Peak year (1997)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Lamontez by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (29 births, 69% of the file).
2000s was Lamontez's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Lamontez births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s
2000s
29 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 29 births (69% of all-time use).
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- Lamontez's decade-level peak was the 2000s (29 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lamontez: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~17 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1997–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Lamontez draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.