Girls' name · since 2008
Laella
Since 2008, U.S. Social Security records show 11 babies named Laella, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #53,484 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,289 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 11
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Laella currently ranks #14289 among girls' names in America, with 11 babies recorded since 2008.
Social Security Administration records show Laella recorded 11 times among girls since 2008, holding rank #14289 nationally today, ahead of 17% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #53,484 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,289 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 11 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laella ranks #53,484 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,289 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 11 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #53,484 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,289 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 11
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Laella's 11 recorded births place it above 24.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Laella compares
11 4th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Laella's all-time total is 97% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Laella | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 11 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 21 | 19,840 |
Laella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Laella splits its recorded history at 2025: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2008 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Laella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Laella by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).
2020s was Laella's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Laella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Laella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2008–2025 (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 Laella 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.