Girls' name · since 1975
Lachina
105 babies named Lachina in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,595 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 105
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Lachina is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 105 have been recorded since 1975.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lachina has been recorded 105 times among girls since 1975, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 1999.
- #26,595 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 105 born since 1975
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lachina ranks #26,595 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 105 born since 1975, peaking in the 1990s.
- #26,595 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 105
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Lachina's 105 recorded births place it above 63.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lachina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lachina's full recorded timeline at 1992, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1977 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lachina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1999
- Peak year (1977)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Lachina by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (53 births, 50% of the file).
1990s was Lachina's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Lachina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
27 births
- 1980s
1980s
25 births
- 1990s
1990s
53 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 53 births (50% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lachina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~24 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, 1975–1999 (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 Lachina 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.