Girls' name · since 1925
Lajean
Lajean has 400 recorded births since 1925 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1947 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,511 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 400
- born since 1925
- 1930s
- peak decade
400 girls have been named Lajean since 1925, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lajean has been recorded 400 times among girls since 1925, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1930s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1925 to 1990.
- #13,511 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 400 born since 1925
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lajean ranks #13,511 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 400 born since 1925, peaking in the 1930s.
- #13,511 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 400
- born since 1925
- 1930s
- peak decade
Lajean's 400 recorded births place it above 81.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lajean's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lajean's full recorded timeline at 1951, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1964, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1947 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lajean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–1990
- Peak year (1947)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 66 years of records
Lajean by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (104 births, 26% of the file).
1930s was Lajean's strongest decade.
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Lajean births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 14
1920s
14 births
- 1930s
1930s
104 births
- 1940s
1940s
94 births
- 1950s
1950s
87 births
- 1960s
1960s
70 births
- 1970s 21
1970s
21 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 104 births (26% of all-time use).
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What to do with Lajean's data
- Lajean's decade-level peak was the 1930s (104 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- 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 Lajean: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1947)
Similar record span (~65 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, 1925–1990 (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 Lajean 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.