Girls' name · since 1972
Lacole
Lacole has 297 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1981 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,995 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 297
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lacole is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 297 have been recorded since 1972.
Lacole has 297 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2014.
- #15,995 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 297 born since 1972
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lacole ranks #15,995 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 297 born since 1972, peaking in the 1980s.
- #15,995 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 297
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lacole's 297 recorded births place it above 77.87% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Illinois.
Lacole's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lacole's SSA record in two at 1987 and the more recent half accounts for 38% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 62%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1974, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1981 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lacole popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2014
- Peak year (1981)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Lacole by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (145 births, 49% of the file).
1980s was Lacole's strongest decade.
145 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Lacole births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
73 births
- 1980s
1980s
145 births
- 1990s 51
1990s
51 births
- 2000s 18
2000s
18 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 145 births (49% of all-time use).
Lacole by state
Where Lacole concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
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- Lacole's decade-level peak was the 1980s (145 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Illinois records the most Lacoles (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lacole: 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 (~42 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, 1972–2014 (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 Lacole 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.