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Lam

#13,116 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Blue, indigo

Lam has been given to 630 babies in the U.S. since 1977. In 2025 it ranked #13,116 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1983, with 27 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 88% boys, 12% girls all-time.

Babies named Lam, 2025

1 in 663,000

Lam over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Lam over time

In 2025, Lam went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19772025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Lam: meaning, origin, and history

Blue, indigo

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lam means

Lam means “blue, indigo”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Lam is used in Vietnamese.

Another recorded pronunciation is /laːm˧˧/ for Lam.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 554 boys were recorded with the name Lam between 1977 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 27 in 1983; its best national rank was #1,987 in 1983.

Over 10 years its rank fell, from #9,217 in 2015 to #13,116 in 2025.

In the United States, 76 girls were recorded with the name Lam between 1984 and 2021. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2013; its best national rank was #9,768 in 1984.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Lam?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#13,116
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Lam sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lam. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lams were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lam was born before 1994 — so the typical Lam is around 31 today.

Median birth year
1994
About 31 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
31.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
37.7%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
554
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1980s — 31.4% of all recorded uses (174).

Is Lam rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−3,618
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
−3,899
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.63×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
18.5%
Peak was 1983 (27)
Years since peak
42
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
33.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,987
1983

Where Lam is used

Across 1910–2025, Lam was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 403,897 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

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Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Lam has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Lam around the world

Where Lam ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • France
    1981–2018
    #5,975
    in 2018
  • South Australia
    1981–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Lam by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#13,116
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#1,987
1983
Peak year
1983
27 that year
First recorded
1977
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
554
Count in 2025
5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#9,768
1984
Peak year
2013
9 that year
First recorded
1984
Last recorded
2021
All-time count
76
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Lam

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Lam

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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