Girls' name · since 1954
Lagena
Since 1954, U.S. Social Security records show 134 babies named Lagena, peaking in 1976. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,965 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 134
- born since 1954
- 1970s
- peak decade
134 girls have been named Lagena since 1954, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Lagena has 134 recorded births among girls since 1954, 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 1954 to 1985.
- #23,965 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 134 born since 1954
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lagena ranks #23,965 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 134 born since 1954, peaking in the 1970s.
- #23,965 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 134
- born since 1954
- 1970s
- peak decade
Lagena's 134 recorded births place it above 66.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lagena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lagena's SSA record in two at 1970 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1954, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1976 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lagena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–1985
- Peak year (1976)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Lagena by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (61 births, 46% of the file).
1970s was Lagena's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Lagena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 17
1950s
17 births
- 1960s
1960s
44 births
- 1970s
1970s
61 births
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 61 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Lagena's decade-level peak was the 1970s (61 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 1980s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Lagena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1976)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1954–1985 (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 Lagena 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.