How Many People Are Named Ligia?
people named Ligia are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 529,078 people in the US has this name
Based on 702 babies named Ligia in Social Security records from 1918 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
28 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Portuguese form of LIGEIA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ligia in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ligia alive today is about 40 years old, and 67% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 30 and 51 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ligia first appears in the records in 1918 and was given most often in 1985, to 28 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1918 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Ligia has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,913, in 1971.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,913 (1971) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,321 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ligia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ligia were born in California than in any other state: about 143 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ligia was given about 6.3 times as often in California.
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