Girls' name · since 2005
Lailyn
Lailyn has 285 recorded births since 2005 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,359 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,964 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 285
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Lailyn currently ranks #4964 among girls' names in America, with 285 babies recorded since 2005.
Social Security Administration records show Lailyn recorded 285 times among girls since 2005, holding rank #4964 nationally today, ahead of 71% 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 2005 to 2025.
- #16,359 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,964 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 285 born since 2005
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lailyn ranks #16,359 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,964 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 285 born since 2005, peaking in the 2020s.
- #16,359 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,964 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 285
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Lailyn's 285 recorded births place it above 77.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Lailyn compares
285 44th 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
Lailyn's all-time total is 24% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lailyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 285 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 29 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lailyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lailyn's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2005, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 29, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lailyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Lailyn by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (132 births, 46% of the file).
2020s was Lailyn's strongest decade.
132 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Lailyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 30
2000s
30 births
- 2010s
2010s
123 births
- 2020s
2020s
132 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 132 births (46% of all-time use).
Lailyn by state
Where Lailyn concentrates geographically, total births since 2005
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 11 | 3.9% |
11 of 285 births nationwide.
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- Texas records the most Lailyns (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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 Lailyn 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.