Girls' name · since 2005
Lailee
Lailee has 162 recorded births since 2005 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,990 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,104 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 162
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
162 babies have been named Lailee since 2005, making it today's #16104 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lailee has been recorded 162 times among girls since 2005, currently ranked #16104 nationally and more common than 7% of girls, 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 2005 to 2025.
- #21,990 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,104 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 162 born since 2005
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lailee ranks #21,990 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,104 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 162 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,990 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,104 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 162
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lailee's 162 recorded births place it above 69.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Lailee compares
162 33rd percentile among 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
Lailee's all-time total is 57% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lailee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 162 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lailee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lailee's full recorded timeline at 2014, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2006, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2014 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lailee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Lailee by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (95 births, 59% of the file).
2010s was Lailee's strongest decade.
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Lailee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 37
2000s
37 births
- 2010s
2010s
95 births
- 2020s 30
2020s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 95 births (59% of all-time use).
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What to do with Lailee's data
- Lailee's decade-level peak was the 2010s (95 total births); usage has since declined to 30 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Lailee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~20 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, 2005–2025 (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 Lailee 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.