Lamya
Girl · LAM-ya · Arabic
Lamya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “dark-lipped”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Lamya mean?
Arabic: from Arabic lamya
“dark-lipped”
Classical Arabic name praising dark lips, a traditional mark of beauty in Arabic poetry.
- Say it
- LAM-ya
Is Lamya a girl's or a boy's name?
Lamya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lamya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Lamya, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lamya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Lamya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
How popular is Lamya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Lamya, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,261st. Its busiest year was 2007, with 162 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Lamya in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lamya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,996 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 31 | #4,409 |
| 2020 | 32 | #4,261 |
| 2019 | 31 | #4,436 |
| 2018 | 41 | #3,676 |
| 2017 | 55 | #2,964 |
| 2016 | 49 | #3,280 |
| 2015 | 64 | #2,736 |
| 2014 | 77 | #2,371 |
| 2013 | 87 | #2,152 |
| 2012 | 99 | #1,973 |
| 2011 | 117 | #1,748 |
| 2010 | 108 | #1,873 |
| 2009 | 138 | #1,620 |
| 2008 | 129 | #1,717 |
| 2007 | 162 | #1,452 |
| 2006 | 119 | #1,743 |
| 2005 | 112 | #1,754 |
| 2004 | 100 | #1,882 |
| 2003 | 92 | #1,969 |
| 2002 | 78 | #2,139 |
| 2001 | 60 | #2,536 |
| 2000 | 61 | #2,476 |
| 1999 | 51 | #2,700 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
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