Girls' name · since 2008
Lailey
Since 2008, U.S. Social Security records show 61 babies named Lailey, peaking in 2015. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #32,689 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,301 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 61
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lailey currently ranks #16301 among girls' names in America, with 61 babies recorded since 2008.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lailey has been recorded 61 times among girls since 2008, currently ranked #16301 nationally and more common than 6% 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 2008 to 2025.
- #32,689 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,301 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 61 born since 2008
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lailey ranks #32,689 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,301 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 61 born since 2008, peaking in the 2010s.
- #32,689 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,301 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 61
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lailey's 61 recorded births place it above 54.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Lailey compares
61 18th 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
Lailey's all-time total is 84% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lailey | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 61 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lailey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lailey's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2008, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2015 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lailey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Lailey by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (38 births, 62% of the file).
2010s was Lailey's strongest decade.
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Lailey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 13
2000s
13 births
- 2010s
2010s
38 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 38 births (62% of all-time use).
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What to do with Lailey's data
- Lailey's decade-level peak was the 2010s (38 total births); usage has since declined to 10 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Lailey: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~17 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, 2008–2025 (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 Lailey 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.