Girls' name · since 2001
Lamyah
Lamyah has 360 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,426 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,021 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 360
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Lamyah is the #14021 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 360 recorded since 2001.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lamyah has been recorded 360 times among girls since 2001, currently ranked #14021 nationally and more common than 19% 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 2001 to 2025.
- #14,426 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,021 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 360 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lamyah ranks #14,426 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,021 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 360 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,426 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,021 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 360
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lamyah's 360 recorded births place it above 80.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Lamyah compares
360 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
Lamyah's all-time total is 4% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lamyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 360 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 29 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lamyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lamyah's full recorded timeline at 2013, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 29 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lamyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Lamyah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (180 births, 50% of the file).
2010s was Lamyah's strongest decade.
180 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Lamyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
124 births
- 2010s
2010s
180 births
- 2020s 56
2020s
56 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 180 births (50% of all-time use).
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What to do with Lamyah's data
- Lamyah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (180 total births); usage has since declined to 56 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Lamyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~24 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, 2001–2025 (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 Lamyah 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.