Girls' name · since 1938
Landa
Landa has 639 recorded births since 1938 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1948 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,109 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 639
- born since 1938
- 1950s
- peak decade
Landa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 639 recorded since 1938.
Landa has 639 recorded births among girls since 1938, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1938 to 1994.
- #10,109 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 639 born since 1938
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Landa ranks #10,109 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 639 born since 1938, peaking in the 1950s.
- #10,109 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 639
- born since 1938
- 1950s
- peak decade
Landa's 639 recorded births place it above 86.01% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Landa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Landa's SSA record in two at 1966 and the more recent half accounts for 39% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 61%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1938, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1948 peak of 26, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Landa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–1994
- Peak year (1948)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Landa by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (175 births, 27% of the file).
1950s was Landa's strongest decade.
175 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Landa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
123 births
- 1950s
1950s
175 births
- 1960s
1960s
148 births
- 1970s
1970s
110 births
- 1980s 65
1980s
65 births
- 1990s 13
1990s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 175 births (27% of all-time use).
How Landa compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Landa's total volume
Landa by state
Where Landa concentrates geographically, total births since 1938
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 41 | 6.4% |
41 of 639 births nationwide.
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- Landa's decade-level peak was the 1950s (175 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Landas (41 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Landa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1948)
Similar record span (~56 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, 1938–1994 (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 Landa 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.