Lachina

Girls' name

La- prefix combined with China

Lachina has been given to 105 babies in the U.S. since 1975. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1977, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Lachina, 1999

1 in 527,000

Lachina over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Lachina: meaning, origin, and history

La- prefix combined with China

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lachina means

Lachina is a given name.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Lachina is used in African American (Rare).

The naming story behind Lachina

The reference describes Lachina as a formation made by attaching the naming prefix la to China. The documented base is China, rather than a name chosen only because its spelling looks similar.

This formation records how the source explains Lachina. The linked entry for China supplies the separate history of that earlier name.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include China.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 105 girls were recorded with the name Lachina between 1975 and 1999. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1977; its best national rank was #6,595 in 1977.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Lachina?

Lachina had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1999, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1999: 1 in 527,000; 7 of 3,692,373 births
Among girls only: 1 in 253,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1999: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 365,624 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Lachina sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1999 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 365,624 children born in 1999 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lachina. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lachinas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lachina was born before 1992 — so the typical Lachina is around 33 today.

Median birth year: 1992; About 33 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 50.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 105; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 50.5% of all recorded uses (53).

Is Lachina rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1977 (9)
Years since peak: 48; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Steady; 10.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,595; 1977

Spellings of Lachina

Lachina is not the most common spelling — Lavina is, with 25.0% against Lachina's 0.39%.

Lavina25.0%6,781
China17.0%4,608
Laina13.2%3,569
Latrina8.5%2,319
Latina7.6%2,049
Tashina6.5%1,758
Lucina6.0%1,619
Lashana3.9%1,061

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Lachina by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #6,595; 1977
Peak year: 1977; 9 that year
First recorded: 1975
Last recorded: 1999
All-time count: 105
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Lachina

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Lachlyn Lachlan Yazmina Yostina Mellina Laconya Bellina Milaina Amelina Laconda Sunaina Emilina Sukaina Lachele Husaina Emalina Paolina Merlina Macrina Jalaina Lachell Jaylina Loraina Masina

Sibling names for Lachina

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Jason Kevin Sommer Tamar Salina Jamila Corrie Shanta

For a brother

Torrey Tory Aric Rodrick Delvin Andrea Cedrick Jamey

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