Lafonda
- Last seen for girls in 1993 at #11,780
- Peak · girls
- 1962 · 35 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 693since 1928
Lafonda over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Lafonda has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 |
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| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 |
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 |
| 1979 | #4,420 | 16 |
| 1978 | #3,388 | 22 |
| 1977 | #3,486 | 21 |
| 1976 | #3,002 | 24 |
| 1975 | #3,637 | 18 |
| 1974 | #2,348 | 33 |
| 1973 | #2,830 | 24 |
| 1972 | #3,404 | 18 |
| 1971 | #2,427 | 31 |
| 1970 | #2,779 | 25 |
| 1969 | #2,645 | 25 |
| 1968 | #2,874 | 20 |
| 1967 | #2,632 | 22 |
| 1966 | #2,453 | 24 |
| 1965 | #2,605 | 22 |
| 1964 | #2,752 | 21 |
| 1963 | #2,489 | 24 |
| 1962 | #1,947 | 35 |
| 1961 | #2,474 | 24 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 |
| 1959 | #2,980 | 16 |
| 1958 | #2,755 | 18 |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 |
| 1956 | #2,826 | 17 |
| 1955 | #2,725 | 17 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 |
| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 |
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| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 |
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| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 |
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First appearance
1928
The first year at least five girls were named Lafonda! It came in at #4,725, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1928–1948, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Lafonda is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Lafonda in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1993
Rise & fade · girls
34 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1928
- Peaked 1962 at #1,947 (35 births)
- Births halved by 1979, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 44,471
- Highest: 1 in 44,471 girls born in 1974 were named Lafonda (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 301,512 girls born in 1993 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,947 in 1962, was only 1 in 56,189 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 33.5% of all girls named Lafonda (232) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,725 (1928) | #4,725 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 11 | #4,556 (1945) | #4,615 |
| 1950s | 122 | #2,535 (1950) | #3,594 |
| 1960s | 226 | #1,947 (1962) | #2,731 |
| 1970s | 232 | #2,348 (1974) | #3,172 |
| 1980s | 91 | #4,978 (1980) | #6,198 |
| 1990s | 6 | #11,780 (1993) | #11,780 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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