Girls' name · since 1970
Lalaina
54 babies named Lalaina in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #34,119 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 54
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
Lalaina sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 54 recorded since 1970.
Lalaina has 54 recorded births among girls since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2011.
- #34,119 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 54 born since 1970
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lalaina ranks #34,119 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 54 born since 1970, peaking in the 1970s.
- #34,119 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 54
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
Lalaina's 54 recorded births place it above 52.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lalaina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lalaina splits its recorded history at 1998: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1995 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1977 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lalaina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2011
- Peak year (1977)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Lalaina by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (20 births, 37% of the file).
1970s was Lalaina's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Lalaina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
20 births
- 1990s
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
17 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 20 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Lalaina's decade-level peak was the 1970s (20 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- 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 Lalaina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1970–2011 (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 Lalaina 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.