Recorded 1973–1993 Girls' name Peak 1979 22 births

Lamecia — girls' name

22 babies named Lamecia in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s161990s6
1970s
Peak decade

73% of everyone ever named Lamecia was born in this single decade.

1979
Single peak year

6 babies were named Lamecia in 1979 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Lamecia

The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Lamecia between 1973 and 1993, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lamecia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lamecia performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Lamecia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lamecia 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 22 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.

Lamecia at a glance

Last recorded 1993

Total births

22

Since 1973

21 years of records

Peak year

1979

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 1970s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1993

Active since

1973

Recorded for 21 years

Last year on file: 1993

Lamecia popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1973

Last recorded 1993
Peak year (1979)
6
Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
4.555.566.5 1993197919781973 5

Lamecia by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1970s
Peak decade
1970s
16 births that decade — 73% of Lamecia's all-time total
1970s161990s6

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Lamecia?
22 babies have been named Lamecia since 1973. It was last recorded in 1993. The peak year was 1979 with 6 births.
When was Lamecia most popular?
Lamecia was most popular in the 1970s decade with 16 total births. The single peak year was 1979.
How long has the name Lamecia been used?
Lamecia has been recorded in Social Security data since 1973, spanning 21 years of data through 1993.
What names are similar to Lamecia?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Lamya, Lamonica, Lamia, Lamar, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1973–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.