Girls' name · since 1975
Lacia
Lacia has 50 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1981 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #35,057 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 50
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Lacia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 50 recorded since 1975.
Social Security Administration records show Lacia recorded 50 times among girls since 1975, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2007.
- #35,057 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 50 born since 1975
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lacia ranks #35,057 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 50 born since 1975, peaking in the 1990s.
- #35,057 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 50
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Lacia's 50 recorded births place it above 51.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lacia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lacia's SSA record in two at 1990 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1975, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1981 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lacia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2007
- Peak year (1981)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Lacia by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (23 births, 46% of the file).
1990s was Lacia's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Lacia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
17 births
- 1990s
1990s
23 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 23 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Lacia's decade-level peak was the 1990s (23 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lacia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1981)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1975–2007 (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 Lacia 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.