Lam
- Last seen for girls in 2021 at #15,251
- #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Given to boys 87.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1983 · 27 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 554since 1977
Lam over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | #8,987 | 8 | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #10,863 | 6 | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #8,215 | 9 |
| 2018 | — | #8,154 | 9 | |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #5,318 | 17 |
| 2015 | — | #8,744 | 8 | |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 | #7,026 | 11 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | #7,559 | 10 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #7,009 | 11 |
| 2010 | — | #5,741 | 15 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,802 | 12 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #7,590 | 10 |
| 2006 | — | #9,585 | 7 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,640 | 9 | |
| 2004 | — | #9,948 | 6 | |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 | #7,245 | 9 |
| 2002 | — | #7,643 | 8 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,935 | 9 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,920 | 11 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,035 | 13 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,840 | 10 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,642 | 10 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,187 | 11 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,508 | 13 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,290 | 14 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,020 | 15 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,114 | 14 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,989 | 21 | |
| 1990 | — | #5,382 | 9 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,811 | 10 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,523 | 14 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,521 | 13 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,684 | 19 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,598 | 19 | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #2,292 | 22 |
| 1983 | — | #1,955 | 27 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,426 | 20 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,569 | 18 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,430 | 12 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,357 | 12 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,614 | 10 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,164 | 8 | |
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First appearance
1977
The first year at least five boys were named Lam! It came in at #4,164, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2020, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Lam is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Lam in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Lam
Momentum · boys
Brand new
- 3,021 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #12,008)
- 3,264 spots since 2015 (#8,744 → #12,008)
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1977
- Peaked 1983 at #1,955 (27 births)
- Births halved by 1987, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 66,391
- Highest: 1 in 66,391 boys born in 1983 were named Lam (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 31.4% of all boys named Lam (174) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2018
- Mostly girls until 2017, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 30 | #3,357 (1979) | #3,712 |
| 1980s | 174 | #1,955 (1983) | #2,981 |
| 1990s | 130 | #2,989 (1991) | #4,701 |
| 2000s | 92 | #5,920 (2000) | #7,650 |
| 2010s | 102 | #5,318 (2016) | #7,957 |
| 2020s | 26 | #8,987 (2024) | #10,393 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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