Girls' name · since 1979
Lija
11 babies named Lija in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #53,555 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1979
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lija sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 11 recorded since 1979.
Lija has 11 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2014.
- #53,555 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 11 born since 1979
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lija ranks #53,555 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1979, peaking in the 2010s.
- #53,555 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1979
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lija's 11 recorded births place it above 24.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lija's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lija splits its recorded history at 2014: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lija popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2014
- Peak year (2014)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Lija by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).
2010s was Lija's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Lija births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lija: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~35 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, 1979–2014 (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 Lija 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.