Girls' name · since 1997
Laiba
Laiba has 749 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,134 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,469 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 749
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Laiba currently ranks #10469 among girls' names in America, with 749 babies recorded since 1997.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laiba has been recorded 749 times among girls since 1997, currently ranked #10469 nationally and more common than 39% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #9,134 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,469 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 749 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laiba ranks #9,134 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,469 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 749 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #9,134 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,469 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 749
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Laiba's 749 recorded births place it above 87.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Laiba compares
749 Top 37% higher than 63% of 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
Laiba's all-time total is 99% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Laiba | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 749 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 51 | 21 | 19,840 |
Laiba's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Laiba's full recorded timeline at 2011, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2004 peak of 51 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Laiba popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 51
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Laiba by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (354 births, 47% of the file).
2000s was Laiba's strongest decade.
354 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Laiba births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 19
1990s
19 births
- 2000s
2000s
354 births
- 2010s
2010s
281 births
- 2020s 95
2020s
95 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 354 births (47% of all-time use).
How Laiba compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Laiba's total volume
Laiba by state
Where Laiba concentrates geographically, total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 184 | 24.6% |
| #2 | California | | 44 | 5.9% |
| #3 | Texas | | 26 | 3.5% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 22 | 2.9% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 10 | 1.3% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.7% |
184 of 749 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Laiba's data
- Laiba's decade-level peak was the 2000s (354 total births); usage has since declined to 95 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Laibas (184 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Laiba: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1997–2025 (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 Laiba 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.