Laini — #12358 US girls' name
361 babies named Laini in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 30% of names given to girls today.
36% of everyone ever named Laini was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Laini in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Laini
The Social Security Administration has registered 361 babies named Laini between 1967 and 2024, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Laini currently holds the #12358 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Laini performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 130 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Laini shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Laini in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Laini in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 361 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Laini at a glance
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Current rank
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Laini popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1967
- Peak year (2008)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 58 years of records
Currently ranks #12358 among girls.
361 total births across 58 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 18 births in a single year.
Laini by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 130 births that decade — 36% of Laini's all-time total
Laini decade highlights
- Peak decade 130 births
- Runner-up 63 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Laini's strongest decade
130 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Laini by state
Where Laini concentrates geographically — total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 1.7% |
6 of 361 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1967–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.