Laman
Laman is a name with a single cultural origin: Azerbaijani.
- Azerbaijani
Meaning & Origin of Laman
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Laman is a name with a single cultural origin: Azerbaijani.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Azerbaijani
The Story of Laman
American parents first put Laman on the record books as a baby boy name in 1974, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1974, when 8 Lamans were born — ranking #3,837 that year. About 56% of every Laman on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Laman last appeared in the published SSA data in 1999, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 25 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Laman
Laman is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1974 and has accumulated 25 births in the dataset. Laman's peak popularity came in 1974 when it ranked #3,837. Use the chart and map above to compare Laman's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.