Lam — #9191 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Lam

The Social Security Administration has registered 549 babies named Lam between 1977 and 2024, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lam currently holds the #9191 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 27 babies received it in a single year. Lam is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 76 additional births since 1984.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lam performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 174 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Lam shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 71 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Lam in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lam in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 549 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.