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Lamis

#14,147 in 2025Girls' name

Soft

Lamis has been given to 153 babies in the U.S. since 1997. In 2025 it ranked #14,147 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2010, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Lamis, 2025

1 in 553,000

Lamis over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Lamis: meaning, origin, and history

Soft

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lamis means

Lamis means “soft”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Lamis is used in Arabic.

Another recorded pronunciation is /la.ˈmiːs/ for Lamis.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 153 girls were recorded with the name Lamis between 1997 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2010; its best national rank was #8,910 in 2012.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #16,462 in 2020 to #14,147 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #17,946 in 2015 to #14,147 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.

How common is Lamis?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 553,000
6 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 268,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#14,147
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
382,984 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Lamis 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 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lamis. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lamiss were born

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

Median birth year
2012
About 13 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
48.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
92.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
153
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Choose a decade

2010s — 48.4% of all recorded uses (74).

Is Lamis 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
−2,453
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+2,315
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+3,799
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.20×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
46.2%
Peak was 2010 (13)
Years since peak
15
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
46.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#8,910
2012

Spellings of Lamis

Lamis is not the most common spelling — Lois is, with 31.4% against Lamis's 0.01%.

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.

Lamis around the world

Where Lamis 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.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #2,788
    in 2025
  • France
    1984–2025
    #1,079
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2008–2024
    #3,027
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Lamis by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#14,147
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,315
Best rank ever
#8,910
2012
Peak year
2010
13 that year
First recorded
1997
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
153
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Lamis

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

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Sibling names for Lamis

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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