Lagina — girls' name
425 babies named Lagina in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 1969. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Lagina was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Lagina in 1969 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lagina
The Social Security Administration has registered 425 babies named Lagina between 1959 and 1994, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lagina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 28 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lagina performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 139 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Lagina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lagina in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lagina 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 425 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.
Lagina at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lagina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1959
- Peak year (1969)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
425 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1969 with 28 births in a single year.
Lagina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 139 births that decade — 33% of Lagina's all-time total
Lagina decade highlights
- Peak decade 139 births
- Runner-up 131 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Lagina's strongest decade
139 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Lagina by state
Where Lagina concentrates geographically — total births since 1959
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.2% |
5 of 425 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.2% 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, 1959–1994 (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.