Girls' name · since 1926
Lajoy
Lajoy has 264 recorded births since 1926 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1980 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,071 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 264
- born since 1926
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lajoy is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 264 have been recorded since 1926.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lajoy has been recorded 264 times among girls since 1926, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1926 to 2021.
- #17,071 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 264 born since 1926
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lajoy ranks #17,071 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 264 born since 1926, peaking in the 1980s.
- #17,071 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 264
- born since 1926
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lajoy's 264 recorded births place it above 76.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lajoy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lajoy's SSA record in two at 1983 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1926, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1980 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lajoy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1926–2021
- Peak year (1980)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 96 years of records
Lajoy by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (103 births, 39% of the file).
1980s was Lajoy's strongest decade.
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Lajoy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
- 1940s 13
1940s
13 births
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s 14
1960s
14 births
- 1970s
1970s
50 births
- 1980s
1980s
103 births
- 1990s 41
1990s
41 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 103 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Lajoy's decade-level peak was the 1980s (103 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- 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 Lajoy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~95 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, 1926–2021 (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 Lajoy 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.