Girls' name · since 1972
Lailani
Lailani has 2,629 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,918 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,069 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,629
- born since 1972
- 2020s
- peak decade
Lailani currently ranks #1069 among girls' names in America, with 2,629 babies recorded since 1972.
Social Security Administration records show Lailani recorded 2,629 times among girls since 1972, holding rank #1069 nationally today, ahead of 94% 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 1972 to 2025.
- #3,918 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,069 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,629 born since 1972
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lailani ranks #3,918 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,069 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,629 born since 1972, peaking in the 2020s.
- #3,918 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,069 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,629
- born since 1972
- 2020s
- peak decade
Lailani's 2,629 recorded births place it above 94.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
24 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Lailani compares
2,629 Top 19% higher than 81% 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
Lailani's all-time total is 7x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lailani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,629 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 227 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lailani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lailani's full recorded timeline at 2005, 90% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 10% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1972, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 227 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lailani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 227
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Lailani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,113 births, 42% of the file).
2020s was Lailani's strongest decade.
1,113 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Lailani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 16
1970s
16 births
- 1980s 21
1980s
21 births
- 1990s 62
1990s
62 births
- 2000s 442
2000s
442 births
- 2010s
2010s
975 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,113 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,113 births (42% of all-time use).
How Lailani 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 Lailani's total volume
Lailani by state
Where Lailani concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 371 | 14.1% |
| #2 | Florida | | 228 | 8.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 216 | 8.2% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 118 | 4.5% |
| #5 | New York | | 103 | 3.9% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 79 | 3.0% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 78 | 3.0% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 65 | 2.5% |
371 of 2,629 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 24 reporting states.
Lailani appears in 24 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Lailanis (371 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Lailani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~53 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, 1972–2025 (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 Lailani 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.