Girls' name · since 1977
Lamekia
80 babies named Lamekia in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,621 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 80
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
80 girls have been named Lamekia since 1977, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Lamekia has 80 recorded births among girls since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 1990.
- #29,621 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 80 born since 1977
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lamekia ranks #29,621 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 80 born since 1977, peaking in the 1980s.
- #29,621 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 80
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lamekia's 80 recorded births place it above 58.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lamekia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lamekia's SSA record in two at 1983 and the more recent half accounts for 41% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 59%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1983, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1977 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lamekia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–1990
- Peak year (1977)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Lamekia by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (50 births, 63% of the file).
1980s was Lamekia's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Lamekia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
25 births
- 1980s
1980s
50 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 50 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Lamekia's decade-level peak was the 1980s (50 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lamekia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~13 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1977–1990 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Lamekia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.