How rare is the name Ligia?

5,840 people in the United States have the first name Ligia, about 1 in 51,718. It ranks #3,539 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LIGIA

#3,539

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,840
About
1 in 51,718
This common or more
82.6%
Who bears it

Of the 5,840 people named Ligia, 84.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 13.6% as White and 1.1% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ligia peaked in 1985, when 28 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19182024
Peak year
1985
Births that year
28
In 2024
6 ▼79%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 702 babies have been given the name since 1918. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Ligia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #6,683. The largest share of babies named Ligia, 39.9%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1910s#11,6155
1920s#10,61717
1940s#9,86816
1950s#12,23212
1960s#7,21682
1970s#7,126128
1980s#6,683185
1990s#10,262142
2000s#17,73187
2010s#32,91922
2020s#36,8006
Greatest Generation 1901–273.1%
Silent Generation 1928–450.7%
Baby boom 1946–648.1%
Generation X 1965–8026.6%
Millennials 1981–9639.9%
Generation Z 1997–1219.9%
2013 and later1.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Ligia

#3,537 Florentino · 5,846#3,538 Tad · 5,844#3,540 Terese · 5,838#3,541 Arlen · 5,836

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ligia, most common first.

#12,788 Licia · 962#17,112 Lixia · 650#31,546 Lijia · 271#35,138 Lisia · 230#40,182 Liga · 186

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