Girls' name · since 2007
Lajaya
Since 2007, U.S. Social Security records show 17 babies named Lajaya, peaking in 2011. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #47,882 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 2007
- 2000s
- peak decade
Lajaya sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 17 recorded since 2007.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lajaya has been recorded 17 times among girls since 2007, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2011.
- #47,882 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 17 born since 2007
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lajaya ranks #47,882 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 2007, peaking in the 2000s.
- #47,882 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 2007
- 2000s
- peak decade
Lajaya's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lajaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lajaya's full recorded timeline at 2008, 71% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 29% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2007, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lajaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2011
- Peak year (2011)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Lajaya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (10 births, 59% of the file).
2000s was Lajaya's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Lajaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 10 births (59% of all-time use).
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- Lajaya's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 2010s (7) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lajaya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~4 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, 2007–2011 (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 Lajaya 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.