Meaning not yet researched.
Lambert: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 12 in 2025. Its best rank was #570 in 1900.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #570 in 1900; #7,033 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Lambert in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#7,033 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1900, at #570.
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Lambert: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 12 boys in 2025. Peak: #570 in 1900 · most boys in one year: 98 (1918).
In 2025, 12 US boys were named Lambert, making it the 7,033rd most common boys’ name of the year, up 2,471 places from #9,504 in 2024. That is 4 more than the 8 boys named Lambert in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #570, reached in 1900. The most boys given the name in a single year was 98, in 1918. For comparison, it was #5,894 in 2015 and #1,305 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Lambert in 141 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 9 babies. In all, 3,515 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 666 babies named Lambert.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 107 US boys were named Lambert; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 18. In 2025 that was about 1 in 142,340 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Rarer spellings such as Lamberto are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Lamberto (343).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
No nicknames listed for Lambert in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 12 | #7,033 |
| 2024 | — | — | 8 | #9,504 |
| 2023 | — | — | 8 | #9,416 |
| 2022 | — | — | 10 | #8,088 |
| 2021 | — | — | 8 | #9,336 |
| 2020 | — | — | 9 | #8,456 |
| 2019 | — | — | 10 | #7,970 |
| 2018 | — | — | 12 | #6,962 |
| 2017 | — | — | 18 | #5,216 |
| 2016 | — | — | 12 | #6,966 |
| 2015 | — | — | 15 | #5,894 |
| 2014 | — | — | 9 | #8,522 |
| 2013 | — | — | 10 | #7,864 |
| 2012 | — | — | 6 | #11,654 |
| 2011 | — | — | 6 | #11,680 |
| 2009 | — | — | 8 | #9,520 |
| 2008 | — | — | 8 | #9,508 |
| 2007 | — | — | 5 | #13,559 |
| 2005 | — | — | 7 | #9,706 |
| 2004 | — | — | 5 | #12,439 |
| 2003 | — | — | 8 | #8,299 |
| 2002 | — | — | 9 | #7,399 |
| 2001 | — | — | 9 | #7,251 |
| 2000 | — | — | 8 | #7,887 |
| 1998 | — | — | 8 | #7,263 |
| 1997 | — | — | 9 | #6,402 |
| 1996 | — | — | 10 | #5,797 |
| 1995 | — | — | 5 | #9,695 |
| 1994 | — | — | 20 | #3,409 |
| 1993 | — | — | 7 | #7,261 |
| 1992 | — | — | 21 | #3,168 |
| 1991 | — | — | 14 | #4,138 |
| 1990 | — | — | 15 | #3,890 |
| 1989 | — | — | 12 | #4,421 |
| 1988 | — | — | 16 | #3,292 |
| 1987 | — | — | 18 | #2,902 |
| 1986 | — | — | 17 | #2,954 |
| 1985 | — | — | 14 | #3,319 |
| 1984 | — | — | 19 | #2,581 |
| 1983 | — | — | 14 | #3,163 |
| 1982 | — | — | 15 | #3,047 |
| 1981 | — | — | 18 | #2,634 |
| 1980 | — | — | 22 | #2,330 |
| 1979 | — | — | 24 | #2,132 |
| 1978 | — | — | 15 | #2,868 |
| 1977 | — | — | 16 | #2,737 |
| 1976 | — | — | 25 | #1,964 |
| 1975 | — | — | 19 | #2,327 |
| 1974 | — | — | 11 | #3,238 |
| 1973 | — | — | 17 | #2,366 |
| 1972 | — | — | 18 | #2,207 |
| 1971 | — | — | 24 | #1,846 |
| 1970 | — | — | 16 | #2,361 |
| 1969 | — | — | 19 | #1,950 |
| 1968 | — | — | 13 | #2,396 |
| 1967 | — | — | 20 | #1,791 |
| 1966 | — | — | 26 | #1,528 |
| 1965 | — | — | 18 | #1,891 |
| 1964 | — | — | 23 | #1,681 |
| 1963 | — | — | 33 | #1,368 |
| 1962 | — | — | 34 | #1,354 |
| 1961 | — | — | 36 | #1,338 |
| 1960 | — | — | 35 | #1,352 |
| 1959 | — | — | 35 | #1,331 |
| 1958 | — | — | 31 | #1,412 |
| 1957 | — | — | 50 | #1,078 |
| 1956 | — | — | 36 | #1,291 |
| 1955 | — | — | 16 | #2,011 |
| 1954 | — | — | 52 | #1,040 |
| 1953 | — | — | 46 | #1,083 |
| 1952 | — | — | 43 | #1,127 |
| 1951 | — | — | 41 | #1,129 |
| 1950 | — | — | 31 | #1,305 |
| 1949 | — | — | 34 | #1,241 |
| 1948 | — | — | 31 | #1,310 |
| 1947 | — | — | 33 | #1,285 |
| 1946 | — | — | 42 | #1,067 |
| 1945 | — | — | 23 | #1,399 |
| 1944 | — | — | 41 | #1,027 |
| 1943 | — | — | 24 | #1,448 |
| 1942 | — | — | 36 | #1,156 |
| 1941 | — | — | 45 | #957 |
| 1940 | — | — | 39 | #1,039 |
| 1939 | — | — | 46 | #922 |
| 1938 | — | — | 28 | #1,263 |
| 1937 | — | — | 35 | #1,112 |
| 1936 | — | — | 44 | #934 |
| 1935 | — | — | 39 | #1,033 |
| 1934 | — | — | 42 | #1,000 |
| 1933 | — | — | 31 | #1,194 |
| 1932 | — | — | 43 | #1,017 |
| 1931 | — | — | 46 | #978 |
| 1930 | — | — | 57 | #881 |
| 1929 | — | — | 54 | #918 |
| 1928 | — | — | 73 | #757 |
| 1927 | — | — | 57 | #905 |
| 1926 | — | — | 70 | #779 |
| 1925 | — | — | 54 | #918 |
| 1924 | — | — | 80 | #745 |
| 1923 | — | — | 73 | #773 |
| 1922 | — | — | 64 | #861 |
| 1921 | — | — | 65 | #859 |
| 1920 | — | — | 76 | #761 |
| 1919 | — | — | 59 | #863 |
| 1918 | — | — | 98 | #623 |
| 1917 | — | — | 85 | #647 |
| 1916 | — | — | 88 | #624 |
| 1915 | — | — | 71 | #696 |
| 1914 | — | — | 61 | #649 |
| 1913 | — | — | 35 | #814 |
| 1912 | — | — | 32 | #774 |
| 1911 | — | — | 13 | #954 |
| 1910 | — | — | 5 | #1,733 |
| 1909 | — | — | 8 | #1,123 |
| 1908 | — | — | 8 | #1,069 |
| 1907 | — | — | 9 | #965 |
| 1906 | — | — | 7 | #1,065 |
| 1905 | — | — | 10 | #820 |
| 1904 | — | — | 5 | #1,310 |
| 1903 | — | — | 10 | #757 |
| 1902 | — | — | 9 | #830 |
| 1901 | — | — | 6 | #1,002 |
| 1900 | — | — | 19 | #570 |
| 1899 | — | — | 11 | #640 |
| 1898 | — | — | 7 | #947 |
| 1897 | — | — | 7 | #894 |
| 1896 | — | — | 5 | #1,186 |
| 1895 | — | — | 11 | #657 |
| 1894 | — | — | 6 | #1,023 |
| 1893 | — | — | 8 | #801 |
| 1892 | — | — | 8 | #834 |
| 1891 | — | — | 9 | #675 |
| 1890 | — | — | 6 | #950 |
| 1889 | — | — | 8 | #757 |
| 1887 | — | — | 7 | #794 |
| 1886 | — | — | 5 | #1,039 |
| 1885 | — | — | 6 | #884 |
| 1884 | — | — | 8 | #732 |
| 1883 | — | — | 5 | #976 |
| 1882 | — | — | 9 | #677 |
| 1881 | — | — | 9 | #627 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).