Legina — girls' name
43 babies named Legina in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
43 girls have been named Legina since 1966, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1980.
- 43
- total births
- 1966–1980
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 63%
- born in that decade
63% of everyone ever named Legina was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Legina in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Legina
The Social Security Administration has registered 43 babies named Legina between 1966 and 1980, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Legina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1980. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Legina performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Legina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Legina 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 43 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.
Legina at a glance
Last recorded 1980Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Legina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1966
- Peak year (1970)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1980.
43 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 11 births in a single year.
Legina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 27 births that decade — 63% of Legina's all-time total
Legina decade highlights
- Peak decade 27 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Legina's strongest decade
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% 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, 1966–1980 (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.