girls:
76 births since 1984
#5640 (1st percentile)
boys:
541 births since 1977
#4045 (12th percentile)
overall:
617 births since 1977
#7122 (8th percentile)
The name Lam is the #7,122 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 617 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 8.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,045 (11.7% percentile) for all time with 541 births since 1977. For girls, it ranks #5,640 (1.3% percentile) for all time with 76 births since 1984.
Lam first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 (1977 for boys and 1984 for girls). Birth data for Lam is available in 45 out of the 46 years between 1977 and 2022 (45 years for boys and 12 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Lam has been given predominantly to boys, with 87.7% of all recorded births being male. In 2022, 100.0% of babies named Lam were boys.
For boys, Lam reached its peak popularity in 1983, achieving the 3.2% percentile (ranked #665) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1983, with 14 births per million (ranked 3.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
For girls, Lam reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #927) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2013, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lam".
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