Girls' name · since 1979
Lacoya
Since 1979, U.S. Social Security records show 155 babies named Lacoya, peaking in 1988. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,437 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 155
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lacoya is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 155 have been recorded since 1979.
Lacoya has 155 recorded births among girls since 1979, 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 1979 to 2004.
- #22,437 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 155 born since 1979
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lacoya ranks #22,437 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 155 born since 1979, peaking in the 1980s.
- #22,437 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 155
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lacoya's 155 recorded births place it above 68.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lacoya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lacoya's full recorded timeline at 1987, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2004, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1988 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lacoya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2004
- Peak year (1988)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Lacoya by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (101 births, 65% of the file).
1980s was Lacoya's strongest decade.
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Lacoya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s
1980s
101 births
- 1990s 37
1990s
37 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 101 births (65% of all-time use).
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- Lacoya's decade-level peak was the 1980s (101 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lacoya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1979–2004 (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 Lacoya 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.