Lamya
Recorded 1981–2025 · United States
Lamya was most popular in 2007, when 162 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,535 that year. In 2025 it ranked #12,918, with 14 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,046 people named Lamya.
Lamya over time
How old is the name Lamya?
Lamya first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1981, which makes it about 44 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 36 of the 45 years since.
How many people are named Lamya?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,046 American births named Lamya between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,028 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Lamya in 2025?
14 American babies were named Lamya in 2025, ranking #12,918 that year.
Is Lamya getting more or less popular?
Lamya is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 22 births a year, against 89 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -76% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Lamya a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Lamya is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,046 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Lamya?
Roughly 2,028 Americans named Lamya are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 18 years old, and half are between 13 and 22. That is a narrow band: Lamya arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Lamya is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org