Lamaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- lah-MY-ah
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Lamaya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
Where does Lamaya come from?
Modern: blend of the prefix La- and Maya
Is Lamaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Lamaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lamaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Lamaya, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
2025 had fewer girls named Lamaya than any year since 1996.
Half of all the girls named Lamaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lamaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 35 | #4,154 |
| 2012 | 31 | #4,599 |
| 2011 | 37 | #3,998 |
| 2010 | 35 | #4,179 |
| 2009 | 32 | #4,570 |
| 2008 | 43 | #3,709 |
| 2007 | 39 | #3,982 |
| 2006 | 40 | #3,794 |
| 2005 | 32 | #4,263 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 36 | #3,801 |
| 2002 | 25 | #4,763 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,683 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
Names like Lamaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah, Aaliyah, Kaliyah, Jaliyah, Hadassah, Safa, Alaya, Zaliyah, Kamiyah, Amaya, Zaya, Aziyah
Names related to Lamaya
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Lamaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lamaya, updated 20 October 2026.