Lafondra — girls' name
45 babies named Lafondra in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1962. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
89% of everyone ever named Lafondra was born in this single decade.
30 babies were named Lafondra in 1962 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lafondra
The Social Security Administration has registered 45 babies named Lafondra between 1962 and 1979, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lafondra currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 30 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lafondra performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Lafondra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lafondra in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lafondra 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 45 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.
Lafondra at a glance
Last recorded 1979Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lafondra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1962
- Peak year (1962)
- 30
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1979.
45 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1962 with 30 births in a single year.
Lafondra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 40 births that decade — 89% of Lafondra's all-time total
Lafondra decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Lafondra's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 89% of all-time use.
Lafondra by state
Where Lafondra concentrates geographically — total births since 1962
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 7 | 15.6% |
7 of 45 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 15.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 15.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1962–1979 (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.