Girls' name · since 1974
Lachana
39 babies named Lachana in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #37,897 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 39
- born since 1974
- 1970s
- peak decade
39 girls have been named Lachana since 1974, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Lachana has 39 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 1979.
- #37,897 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 39 born since 1974
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lachana ranks #37,897 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 39 born since 1974, peaking in the 1970s.
- #37,897 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 39
- born since 1974
- 1970s
- peak decade
Lachana's 39 recorded births place it above 47.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lachana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lachana's full recorded timeline at 1977, 41% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 59% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1978, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1976 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lachana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1979
- Peak year (1976)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Lachana by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (39 births, 100% of the file).
1970s was Lachana's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Lachana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 39 births (100% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lachana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1976)
Similar record span (~5 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1974–1979 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Lachana draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.