Lamonica — girls' name
1,662 babies named Lamonica in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
39% of everyone ever named Lamonica was born in this single decade.
103 babies were named Lamonica in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lamonica
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,662 babies named Lamonica between 1959 and 2014, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lamonica currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 103 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lamonica performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 642 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Lamonica shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 182 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Lamonica in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lamonica 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 1,662 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.
Lamonica at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lamonica popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1959
- Peak year (1971)
- 103
- Annual births at peak — across 56 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
1,662 total births across 56 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 103 births in a single year.
Lamonica popularity over time — boys
6 total births recorded since 1974 (Lamonica as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Lamonica accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Lamonica by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 642 births that decade — 39% of Lamonica's all-time total
Lamonica decade highlights
- Peak decade 642 births
- Runner-up 341 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Lamonica's strongest decade
642 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Lamonica by state
Where Lamonica concentrates geographically — total births since 1959
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 182 | 11.0% |
| #2 | Louisiana | | 90 | 5.4% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 48 | 2.9% |
| #4 | Florida | | 24 | 1.4% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 24 | 1.4% |
| #6 | Mississippi | | 22 | 1.3% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 21 | 1.3% |
| #8 | California | | 13 | 0.8% |
182 of 1,662 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 11.0% of nationwide
- Louisiana 5.4% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.9% of nationwide
- Florida 1.4% of nationwide
- Georgia 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 14 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 11.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Lamonica appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1959–2014 (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.