Girls' name · since 1967
Laconia
41 babies named Laconia in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #37,295 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 41
- born since 1967
- 1970s
- peak decade
41 girls have been named Laconia since 1967, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Laconia has 41 recorded births among girls since 1967, 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 1967 to 1985.
- #37,295 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 41 born since 1967
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laconia ranks #37,295 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 41 born since 1967, peaking in the 1970s.
- #37,295 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 41
- born since 1967
- 1970s
- peak decade
Laconia's 41 recorded births place it above 48.26% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Laconia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Laconia's full recorded timeline at 1977, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1967, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1977 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Laconia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–1985
- Peak year (1977)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1985.
41 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 7 births in a single year.
Laconia by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (25 births, 61% of the file).
1970s was Laconia's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Laconia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
25 births
- 1980s
1980s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 25 births (61% of all-time use).
Laconia decade highlights
- Peak decade 25 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Laconia's data
- Laconia's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (25 total births) through the 1980s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Laconia: 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 (~18 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, 1967–1985 (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 Laconia 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.
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