Girls' name · since 1997
Lamiah
Lamiah has 362 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,370 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,885 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 362
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
362 babies have been named Lamiah since 1997, making it today's #13885 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lamiah has been recorded 362 times among girls since 1997, currently ranked #13885 nationally and more common than 20% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #14,370 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,885 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 362 born since 1997
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lamiah ranks #14,370 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,885 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 362 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,370 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,885 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 362
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lamiah's 362 recorded births place it above 80.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Lamiah compares
362 49th percentile among 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
Lamiah's all-time total is 4% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lamiah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 362 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 30 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lamiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lamiah's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2011 peak of 30, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lamiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Lamiah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (181 births, 50% of the file).
2010s was Lamiah's strongest decade.
181 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Lamiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
122 births
- 2010s
2010s
181 births
- 2020s 48
2020s
48 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 181 births (50% of all-time use).
Lamiah by state
Where Lamiah concentrates geographically, total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 10 | 2.8% |
10 of 362 births nationwide.
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What to do with Lamiah's data
- Lamiah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (181 total births); usage has since declined to 48 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Lamiahs (10 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 Lamiah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1997–2025 (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 Lamiah 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.