Boys' name · since 1977
Lamin
269 babies named Lamin in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,247 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,950 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 269
- born since 1977
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lamin currently ranks #9950 among boys' names in America, with 269 babies recorded since 1977.
Lamin has 269 recorded births among boys since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9950 as of the latest data, more common than 29% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2025.
- #11,247 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,950 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 269 born since 1977
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lamin ranks #11,247 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,950 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 269 born since 1977, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,247 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,950 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 269
- born since 1977
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lamin's 269 recorded births place it above 75.24% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Lamin compares
269 43rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Lamin's all-time total is 27% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lamin | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 269 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Lamin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lamin splits its recorded history at 2011: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1986 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lamin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Lamin by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (93 births, 35% of the file).
2010s was Lamin's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Lamin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 19
1970s
19 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
80 births
- 2010s
2010s
93 births
- 2020s
2020s
60 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 93 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Lamin's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (93 total births) through the 2020s (60) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lamin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1977–2025 (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 Lamin 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.