Lam
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Lam is a name of Vietnamese origin, meaning “forest”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Lam mean?
Vietnamese: Vietnamese Lam, from Chinese 林
“forest”
Also the Cantonese spelling of the Chinese surname Lin.
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Is Lam a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Lam has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Lam in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Lam, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1983, with 27 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the boys named Lam in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lam in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 21 | #2,983 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 19 | #2,681 |
| 1985 | 19 | #2,596 |
| 1984 | 22 | #2,291 |
| 1983 | 27 | #1,954 |
| 1982 | 20 | #2,425 |
| 1981 | 18 | #2,568 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
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