Lacoya — girls' name
155 babies named Lacoya in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
65% of everyone ever named Lacoya was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Lacoya in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lacoya
The Social Security Administration has registered 155 babies named Lacoya between 1979 and 2004, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lacoya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lacoya performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 101 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Lacoya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lacoya in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 155 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Lacoya at a glance
Last recorded 2004Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lacoya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1979
- Peak year (1988)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2004.
155 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 15 births in a single year.
Lacoya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 101 births that decade — 65% of Lacoya's all-time total
Lacoya decade highlights
- Peak decade 101 births
- Runner-up 37 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Lacoya's strongest decade
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1979–2004 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.