Lamona — girls' name
385 babies named Lamona in U.S. Social Security records since 1928, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
27% of everyone ever named Lamona was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Lamona in 1961 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lamona
The Social Security Administration has registered 385 babies named Lamona between 1928 and 1984, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lamona currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1984. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lamona performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 105 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Lamona shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lamona in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lamona 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 385 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.
Lamona at a glance
Last recorded 1984Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lamona popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–1928
- Peak year (1961)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 57 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1984.
385 total births across 57 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1961 with 18 births in a single year.
Lamona by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 105 births that decade — 27% of Lamona's all-time total
Lamona decade highlights
- Peak decade 105 births
- Runner-up 74 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Lamona's strongest decade
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Lamona by state
Where Lamona concentrates geographically — total births since 1928
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 1.6% |
6 of 385 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.6% 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, 1928–1984 (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.