Lamika — girls' name
372 babies named Lamika in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
40% of everyone ever named Lamika was born in this single decade.
30 babies were named Lamika in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lamika
The Social Security Administration has registered 372 babies named Lamika between 1970 and 2005, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lamika currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 30 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lamika performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 148 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Lamika shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lamika in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lamika 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 372 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.
Lamika at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lamika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1970
- Peak year (1977)
- 30
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
372 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 30 births in a single year.
Lamika by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 148 births that decade — 40% of Lamika's all-time total
Lamika decade highlights
- Peak decade 148 births
- Runner-up 132 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Lamika's strongest decade
148 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Lamika by state
Where Lamika concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.3% |
5 of 372 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 1.3% 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, 1970–2005 (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.