Girls' name · since 2001
Laelah
Laelah has 474 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,258 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 474
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Laelah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 474 have been recorded since 2001.
Laelah has 474 recorded births among girls since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2023.
- #12,258 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 474 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laelah ranks #12,258 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 474 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,258 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 474
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Laelah's 474 recorded births place it above 83.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Laelah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Laelah's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 69% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 31%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2001, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2017 peak of 41, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Laelah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2023
- Peak year (2017)
- 41
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Laelah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (297 births, 63% of the file).
2010s was Laelah's strongest decade.
297 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Laelah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 101
2000s
101 births
- 2010s
2010s
297 births
- 2020s 76
2020s
76 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 297 births (63% of all-time use).
Laelah by state
Where Laelah concentrates geographically, total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 26 | 5.5% |
| #2 | California | | 18 | 3.8% |
26 of 474 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Laelah's data
- Laelah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (297 total births); usage has since declined to 76 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Laelahs (26 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Laelah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~22 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2001–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Laelah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.