Lamija

#16,245 in 2025Girls' name

Form of Lamia

Lamija has been given to 80 babies in the U.S. since 2004. In 2025 it ranked #16,245 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2013, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Lamija, 2025

1 in 663,000

Lamija over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Lamija: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Lamia

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lamija means

Lamija is a form of Lamia.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Lamija is used in Bosnian.

Meaning behind the documented name family

Lamija is a form of Lamia. Lamia has more than one origin or interpretation.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Lamia.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 80 girls were recorded with the name Lamija between 2004 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2013; its best national rank was #8,829 in 2013.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #16,461 in 2020 to #16,245 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #17,944 in 2015 to #16,245 in 2025.

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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Lamija?

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 girls only: 1 in 321,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #16,245; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 459,581 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Lamija sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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 Lamija. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lamijas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lamija was born before 2012 — so the typical Lamija is around 13 today.

Median birth year: 2012; About 13 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 57.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 80; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 57.5% of all recorded uses (46).

Is Lamija 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: +216; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +1,699; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.00×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 38.5%; Peak was 2013 (13)
Years since peak: 12; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 29.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #8,829; 2013

Spellings of Lamija

Lamija is not the most common spelling — Camila is, with 31.4% against Lamija's 0.02%.

Camila31.4%123,854
Laila11.0%43,484
Amira6.5%25,609
Tamika5.8%22,760
Kamila5.1%20,098
Amina4.9%19,270
Tamia3.2%12,782
Samira2.2%8,875

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Lamija by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #16,245
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 216
Best rank ever: #8,829; 2013
Peak year: 2013; 13 that year
First recorded: 2004
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 80
Count in 2025: 5

Names similar to Lamija

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

Lamoni Lamani Lamyiah Lamari Adrija Lamora Lamis Lamica Hadija Lamyah Lamiah Lamira Lamyra Lucija Lamees Lamont Lamekia Lamae Lamoine Lamoyne Lamonda Lamerle Lamaya Lamarr

Sibling names for Lamija

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

For a sister

Abagail Shyann Halie Annabell Allyssa Sydni Sydnie Rhianna

For a brother

Aaden Kale Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Gavyn Jarod

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