girls:
2k births since 1981
#3804 (33rd percentile)
overall:
2k births since 1981
#5753 (26th percentile)
The name Lamya is the #5,753 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,024 recorded births since 1981. This represents the 25.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 25.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,804 (33.4% percentile) for all time with 2,024 births since 1981.
Lamya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1981 (first recorded for girls in 1981). Birth data for Lamya is available in 34 out of the 43 years between 1981 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, Lamya reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 15.9% percentile (ranked #830) with 77 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 77 births per million (ranked 15.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2011, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Lamya ranks #926 for girls (2.2% percentile) with 15 births per million, which is 19.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lamya".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Lamya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 48.7% confident that Lamya is pronounced as LAH-myuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LA-myuh, at 30.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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