Unisex name · since 1961
Lejeune
Since 1961, U.S. Social Security records show 6 babies named Lejeune, peaking in 1961. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #60,528 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 6
- born since 1961
- 1960s
- peak decade
Lejeune is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 6 have been recorded since 1961.
Lejeune has 6 recorded births among girls since 1961, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1961 to 1961.
- #60,528 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 6 born since 1961
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lejeune ranks #60,528 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 6 born since 1961, peaking in the 1960s.
- #60,528 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 6
- born since 1961
- 1960s
- peak decade
Lejeune's 6 recorded births place it above 14.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lejeune popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–1961
- Peak year (1961)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 1 years of records
Lejeune popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1921 (Lejeune as boys' name)
Lejeune by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (6 births, 100% of the file).
1960s was Lejeune's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Lejeune births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 6 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lejeune: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1961)
Similar record span (~0 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, 1961–1961 (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 Lejeune 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.