Given name
Alamea
“precious as a child”
Alamea is used as a given name. One Hawaiian interpretation is “precious as a child.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hawaiian interpretation is “precious as a child.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hawaiian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alamea through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 77
- 0 boys · 77 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #13,278 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,278 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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