Girls' name · since 1981
Lailah
Lailah has 6,900 recorded births since 1981 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,092 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,599 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,900
- born since 1981
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lailah currently ranks #1599 among girls' names in America, with 6,900 babies recorded since 1981.
Lailah has 6,900 recorded births among girls since 1981, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1599 as of the latest data, more common than 91% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2025.
- #2,092 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,599 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 6,900 born since 1981
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lailah ranks #2,092 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,599 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 6,900 born since 1981, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,092 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,599 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,900
- born since 1981
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lailah's 6,900 recorded births place it above 97.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
35 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Lailah compares
6,900 Top 12% higher than 88% 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
Lailah's all-time total is 18x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lailah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,900 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 451 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lailah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lailah's full recorded timeline at 2007, 86% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 14% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1981, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 451 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lailah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 451
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Lailah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (3,829 births, 55% of the file).
2010s was Lailah's strongest decade.
3,829 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Lailah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
- 1990s 94
1990s
94 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,765 births
- 2010s
2010s
3,829 births
- 2020s 1,195
2020s
1,195 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 3,829 births (55% of all-time use).
How Lailah 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 Lailah's total volume
Lailah by state
Where Lailah concentrates geographically, total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 746 | 10.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 734 | 10.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 415 | 6.0% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 356 | 5.2% |
| #5 | New York | | 334 | 4.8% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 274 | 4.0% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 251 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 248 | 3.6% |
746 of 6,900 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 35 reporting states.
Lailah appears in 35 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Lailah's data
- Lailah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (3,829 total births); usage has since declined to 1,195 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Lailahs (746 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Lailah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1981–2025 (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 Lailah 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.