Lajoy — girls' name
264 babies named Lajoy in U.S. Social Security records since 1926, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
39% of everyone ever named Lajoy was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Lajoy in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lajoy
The Social Security Administration has registered 264 babies named Lajoy between 1926 and 2021, spanning 96 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lajoy currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lajoy performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Lajoy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lajoy 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 264 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.
Lajoy at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lajoy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1926
- Peak year (1980)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 96 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
264 total births across 96 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 14 births in a single year.
Lajoy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 103 births that decade — 39% of Lajoy's all-time total
Lajoy decade highlights
- Peak decade 103 births
- Runner-up 50 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Lajoy's strongest decade
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
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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, 1926–2021 (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.