Girls' name · since 1918
Ligia
Ligia has 702 recorded births since 1918 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1985 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,505 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 702
- born since 1918
- 1980s
- peak decade
Ligia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 702 recorded since 1918.
Ligia has 702 recorded births among girls since 1918, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 2024.
- #9,505 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 702 born since 1918
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ligia ranks #9,505 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 702 born since 1918, peaking in the 1980s.
- #9,505 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 702
- born since 1918
- 1980s
- peak decade
Ligia's 702 recorded births place it above 86.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
Ligia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ligia's full recorded timeline at 1982, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1918, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1985 peak of 28 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ligia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2024
- Peak year (1985)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 107 years of records
Ligia by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (185 births, 26% of the file).
1980s was Ligia's strongest decade.
185 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Ligia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 17
1920s
17 births
- 1940s 16
1940s
16 births
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 1960s
1960s
82 births
- 1970s
1970s
128 births
- 1980s
1980s
185 births
- 1990s
1990s
142 births
- 2000s
2000s
87 births
- 2010s 22
2010s
22 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 185 births (26% of all-time use).
How Ligia 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 Ligia's total volume
Ligia by state
Where Ligia concentrates geographically, total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 149 | 21.2% |
| #2 | New York | | 34 | 4.8% |
149 of 702 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Ligia's data
- Ligia's decade-level peak was the 1980s (185 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Ligias (149 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ligia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~106 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, 1918–2024 (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 Ligia 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.