Girls' name · since 1968
Lamia
Lamia has 1,390 recorded births since 1968 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,995 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,471 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,390
- born since 1968
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Lamia is the #8471 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,390 recorded since 1968.
Lamia has 1,390 recorded births among girls since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8471 as of the latest data, more common than 51% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2025.
- #5,995 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,471 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,390 born since 1968
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lamia ranks #5,995 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,471 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,390 born since 1968, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,995 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,471 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,390
- born since 1968
- 2000s
- peak decade
Lamia's 1,390 recorded births place it above 91.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Lamia compares
1,390 Top 27% higher than 73% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Lamia's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lamia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,390 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 50 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lamia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lamia's full recorded timeline at 1999, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1972, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2004 peak of 50 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lamia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 50
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Lamia by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (417 births, 30% of the file).
2000s was Lamia's strongest decade.
417 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Lamia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 8
1960s
8 births
- 1970s 54
1970s
54 births
- 1980s
1980s
167 births
- 1990s
1990s
264 births
- 2000s
2000s
417 births
- 2010s
2010s
360 births
- 2020s 120
2020s
120 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 417 births (30% of all-time use).
How Lamia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Lamia's total volume
Lamia by state
Where Lamia concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 81 | 5.8% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 11 | 0.8% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 10 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 9 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Missouri | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #6 | California | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Florida | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.4% |
81 of 1,390 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Lamia appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Lamia's data
- Lamia's decade-level peak was the 2000s (417 total births); usage has since declined to 120 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Lamias (81 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
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 Lamia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~57 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, 1968–2025 (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 Lamia 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.