Laelani — #6546 US girls' name
271 babies named Laelani in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 63% of names given to girls today.
42% of everyone ever named Laelani was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Laelani in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Laelani
The Social Security Administration has registered 271 babies named Laelani between 2003 and 2024, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Laelani currently holds the #6546 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Laelani performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 115 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Laelani shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Laelani in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Laelani in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 271 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Laelani at a glance
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Current rank
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Laelani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2003
- Peak year (2022)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
Currently ranks #6546 among girls.
271 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 25 births in a single year.
Laelani by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 115 births that decade — 42% of Laelani's all-time total
Laelani decade highlights
- Peak decade 115 births
- Runner-up 100 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Laelani's strongest decade
115 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Laelani by state
Where Laelani concentrates geographically — total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 12 | 4.4% |
12 of 271 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 4.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2003–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.