Girls' name · since 2016
Lagertha
Lagertha has 89 recorded births since 2016 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,452 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 89
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Lagertha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 89 have been recorded since 2016.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lagertha has been recorded 89 times among girls since 2016, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2024.
- #28,452 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 89 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lagertha ranks #28,452 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 89 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #28,452 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 89
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Lagertha's 89 recorded births place it above 60.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lagertha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lagertha splits its recorded history at 2020: 66% of all births land in the more recent half, 34% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2018 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lagertha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2024
- Peak year (2021)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Lagertha by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (59 births, 66% of the file).
2020s was Lagertha's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Lagertha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
30 births
- 2020s
2020s
59 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 59 births (66% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lagertha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2016–2024 (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 Lagertha 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.