Lam*
#6,358 most common boys' name of all time · #15,877 across all names · 88% male / 12% female · used 1977–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#6,358
Rank overall
#15,877 of 105,966
First appeared
1977
Years on the list
47 of 146
All-time
630
Since 2016
91
Peak year
1984 #2,362
Best rank
#2,016 1983
Girls
Boys
peak 28/yr
Lam first appears in 1977. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,442 |
| 2024 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,245 |
| 2022 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,230 |
| 2021 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #10,011 |
| 2019 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #8,430 |
| 2018 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,384 |
| 2017 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #10,007 |
| 2016 | 6 | 17 | 23 | #5,423 |
| 2015 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,025 |
| 2014 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #12,590 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11 | 20 | #7,205 |
| 2012 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #7,774 |
| 2011 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #7,192 |
| 2010 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,865 |
| 2009 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,980 |
| 2008 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2007 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #7,814 |
| 2006 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,944 |
| 2005 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,900 |
| 2004 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,418 |
| 2003 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #7,474 |
| 2002 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,952 |
| 2001 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,191 |
| 2000 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,112 |
| 1999 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,195 |
| 1998 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,064 |
| 1997 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,868 |
| 1996 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,386 |
| 1995 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,686 |
| 1994 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,450 |
| 1993 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,169 |
| 1992 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,268 |
| 1991 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,083 |
| 1990 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,660 |
| 1989 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,060 |
| 1988 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,679 |
| 1987 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,689 |
| 1986 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,774 |
| 1985 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,701 |
| 1984 | 6 | 22 | 28 | #2,362 |
| 1983 | — | 27 | 27 | #2,016 |
| 1982 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,514 |
| 1981 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,678 |
| 1980 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,606 |
| 1979 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,560 |
| 1978 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,849 |
| 1977 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,578 |