Boys' name · since 1921
Lj
Lj has 241 recorded births since 1921 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,886 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,254 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 241
- born since 1921
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lj currently ranks #7254 among boys' names in America, with 241 babies recorded since 1921.
Lj has 241 recorded births among boys since 1921, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7254 as of the latest data, more common than 48% of boys, 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 1921 to 2025.
- #11,886 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,254 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 241 born since 1921
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lj ranks #11,886 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,254 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 241 born since 1921, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,886 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,254 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 241
- born since 1921
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lj's 241 recorded births place it above 73.83% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Lj compares
241 41st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Lj's all-time total is 35% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lj | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 241 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Lj's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lj's full recorded timeline at 2009, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1987, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lj popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 105 years of records
Lj by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (78 births, 32% of the file).
2010s was Lj's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Lj births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
32 births
- 2000s
2000s
63 births
- 2010s
2010s
78 births
- 2020s
2020s
57 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 78 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Lj's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (78 total births) through the 2020s (57) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lj: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~104 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, 1921–2025 (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 Lj 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.