Ligaya
"Ligaya" is a song by Filipino alternative rock band Eraserheads. It was released as their first promotional single from their debut album Ultraelectromagneticpop! (1993).
- Tagalog
Meaning & Origin of Ligaya
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
"Ligaya" is a song by Filipino alternative rock band Eraserheads. It was released as their first promotional single from their debut album Ultraelectromagneticpop! (1993).
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Tagalog
The Story of Ligaya
The earliest SSA record of Ligaya as a baby girl name dates back to 1969, when 6 babies received it. 1980 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Ligaya — #8,178 in the national rankings. About 52% of every Ligaya on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Ligaya last appeared in the published SSA data in 2018, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 65 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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About the name Ligaya
Ligaya is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1969 and has accumulated 65 births in the dataset. Ligaya's peak popularity came in 1980 when it ranked #8,178. Use the chart and map above to compare Ligaya's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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