Lamiah — #16105 US girls' name
351 babies named Lamiah in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 9% of names given to girls today.
52% of everyone ever named Lamiah was born in this single decade.
30 babies were named Lamiah in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lamiah
The Social Security Administration has registered 351 babies named Lamiah between 1997 and 2024, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lamiah currently holds the #16105 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 30 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lamiah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 181 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Lamiah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lamiah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lamiah 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 351 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.
Lamiah at a glance
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Current rank
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Lamiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1997
- Peak year (2011)
- 30
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
Currently ranks #16105 among girls.
351 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 30 births in a single year.
Lamiah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 181 births that decade — 52% of Lamiah's all-time total
Lamiah decade highlights
- Peak decade 181 births
- Runner-up 122 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Lamiah's strongest decade
181 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% 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 351 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 2.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 2.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1997–2024 (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.