Lama — #9719 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Lama

The Social Security Administration has registered 507 babies named Lama between 1978 and 2024, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lama currently holds the #9719 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lama performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 154 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Lama shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Lama in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lama 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 507 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.