Lamia
Girl · LAA-mee-a · Arabic
Lamia is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “shining, radiant”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Lamia mean?
Arabic: Arabic lami'a
“shining, radiant”
Unrelated to the Greek Lamia, a queen turned monster in myth and the serpent-woman of Keats's poem Lamia.
- Say it
- LAA-mee-a
Is Lamia a girl's or a boy's name?
Lamia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lamia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 200% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Lamia, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2014, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lamia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Lamia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Lamia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Lamia, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,546th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 50 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
2025 had fewer girls named Lamia than any year since 1985.
Half of all the girls named Lamia in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lamia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 29 | #4,546 |
| 2019 | 35 | #4,071 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,847 |
| 2016 | 35 | #4,156 |
| 2015 | 35 | #4,143 |
| 2014 | 36 | #4,101 |
| 2013 | 44 | #3,511 |
| 2012 | 33 | #4,385 |
| 2011 | 48 | #3,349 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 30 | #4,804 |
| 2008 | 45 | #3,583 |
| 2007 | 45 | #3,600 |
| 2006 | 45 | #3,504 |
| 2005 | 35 | #4,025 |
| 2004 | 50 | #3,067 |
| 2003 | 45 | #3,228 |
| 2002 | 41 | #3,330 |
| 2001 | 36 | #3,627 |
| 2000 | 45 | #3,066 |
| 1999 | 33 | #3,635 |
| 1998 | 37 | #3,298 |
| 1997 | 33 | #3,445 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,826 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,233 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 1991 | 24 | #4,202 |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,518 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 21 | #4,167 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,854 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,536 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,883 |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,024 |
| 1981 | 20 | #3,858 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
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