Total births
41
Girls' name · since 2016
Laniakea
Laniakea has 41 recorded births since 2016 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2018 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 41
- total births
- 2016–2023
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 56%
- born in that decade
Laniakea is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 41 have been recorded since 2016.
Laniakea has 41 recorded births among girls since 2016, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2023.
- 41 total births
- 2016–2023 years on record
- 2020s peak decade
- 56% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
41 girls have been named Laniakea since 2016, peaking in the 2020s, last recorded in 2023.
- 41
- total births
- 2016–2023
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 56%
- born in that decade
2020s
Peak decade
56% of everyone ever named Laniakea was born in this single decade.
2018
Single peak year
12 babies were named Laniakea in 2018 - its busiest year on record.
Laniakea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Laniakea's full recorded timeline at 2020, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2020, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2018 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Laniakea at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
2018
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2016
Laniakea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2023
- Peak year (2018)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Laniakea by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Laniakea's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Laniakea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
18 births
- 2020s
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 23 births (56% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Laniakea? ▼
41 babies have been named Laniakea since 2016. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2018 with 12 births.
When was Laniakea most popular? ▼
Laniakea was most popular in the 2020s decade with 23 total births. The single peak year was 2018.
How long has the name Laniakea been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Laniakea since 2016 -- 8 years through the most recent 2023 data.
What names are similar to Laniakea? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Lana, Laney, Lani, Landry, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
Keep exploring Laniakea
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 2016–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Laniakea: Baby Name Since 2016 - 41 Births, Peak 2018." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/laniakea. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Laniakea 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 July 2026.