Lama
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LAH-ma
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Lama is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “dark red colour of the lips”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Lama mean?
Arabic
“dark red colour of the lips”
A classical Arabic word for the darkness of the lips praised in poetry; unrelated to the Tibetan Buddhist title.
Is Lama a girl's or a boy's name?
Lama is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lama in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 167% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Lama, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,326th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lama in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Lama in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
How popular is Lama in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Lama, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the girls named Lama in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lama in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
Names like Lama
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Hiba Zainab Rahma Ayah Huda Amira Aaliyah Khadija Safaa Abeeha
Names related to Lama
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lama: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lama, updated 20 October 2026.