Girls' name · since 2003
Laika
Laika has 15 recorded births since 2003 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2003 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #49,870 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
15 girls have been named Laika since 2003, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laika has been recorded 15 times among girls since 2003, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2019.
- #49,870 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 15 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laika ranks #49,870 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #49,870 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Laika's 15 recorded births place it above 30.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Laika's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Laika's full recorded timeline at 2010, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2003, with just 5 recorded births.
Laika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2019
- Peak year (2003)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Laika by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (10 births, 67% of the file).
2010s was Laika's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Laika births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 10 births (67% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Laika: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~16 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, 2003–2019 (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 Laika 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.