Laena — #5061 US girls' name
120 babies named Laena in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 71% of names given to girls today.
58% of everyone ever named Laena was born in this single decade.
34 babies were named Laena in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Laena
The Social Security Administration has registered 120 babies named Laena between 1982 and 2024, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Laena currently holds the #5061 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 34 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Laena performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 70 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Laena shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Laena in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Laena 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 120 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.
Laena at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Laena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1982
- Peak year (2023)
- 34
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
Currently ranks #5061 among girls.
120 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 34 births in a single year.
Laena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 70 births that decade — 58% of Laena's all-time total
Laena decade highlights
- Peak decade 70 births
- Runner-up 21 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Laena's strongest decade
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
Laena by state
Where Laena concentrates geographically — total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 7 | 5.8% |
7 of 120 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 5.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 5.8% 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, 1982–2024 (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.