girls:
497 births since 1978
#5219 (9th percentile)
overall:
497 births since 1978
#7242 (6th percentile)
The name Lama is the #7,242 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 497 recorded births since 1978. This represents the 6.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,219 (8.7% percentile) for all time with 497 births since 1978.
Lama first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1978 (first recorded for girls in 1978). Birth data for Lama is available in 42 out of the 46 years between 1978 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Lama reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #931) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Lama ranks #937 for girls (1.1% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 82.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lama".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Lama. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.0% confident that Lama is pronounced as LAH-muh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LUH-muh, at 15.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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