Lagina

Girls' name

La- prefix combined with Gina

Lagina has been given to 425 babies in the U.S. since 1959. 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 1969, with 28 recorded.

Babies named Lagina, 1994

1 in 619,000

Lagina 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Lagina: meaning, origin, and history

La- prefix combined with Gina

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lagina means

Lagina is a given name.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Lagina is used in African American (Rare).

The naming story behind Lagina

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

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

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Gina.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 425 girls were recorded with the name Lagina between 1959 and 1994. Its highest annual count was 28 in 1969; its best national rank was #2,480 in 1969.

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 Lagina?

Lagina had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1994, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1994: 1 in 619,000; 6 of 3,715,972 births
Among girls only: 1 in 297,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1994: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 429,287 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Lagina 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 1994 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 429,287 children born in 1994 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lagina. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Laginas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lagina was born before 1974 — so the typical Lagina is around 51 today.

Median birth year: 1974; About 51 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 32.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 65.4%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 425; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 32.7% of all recorded uses (139).

Is Lagina 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 1969 (28)
Years since peak: 56; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 57.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,480; 1969

Spellings of Lagina

Lagina is not the most common spelling — Regina is, with 20.2% against Lagina's 0.05%.

Regina20.2%184,272
Gina16.7%153,057
Karina6.7%61,464
Lana6.3%57,434
Alaina5.5%50,578
Alina5.0%45,387
Laila4.8%43,484
Marina4.3%39,514

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.

Where Lagina is used

Across 1910–2025, Lagina was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 3,202,555 across all states with data.

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Lagina has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Lagina 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: #2,480; 1969
Peak year: 1969; 28 that year
First recorded: 1959
Last recorded: 1994
All-time count: 425
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Lagina

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

Aamina Felina Safina Surina Galina Velina Eleina Dalina Sheina Matina Araina Helina Zelina Armina Cerina Levina Allina Rubina Ellina Jalina Momina Mahina Samina Lumina

Sibling names for Lagina

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

Shannan Marnie Charla Richelle Nichelle Aretha Brigette Nicolle

For a brother

Jacques Judd Douglass Alfonzo Kraig Kelley Edwardo Shon

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