Launa — #13465 US girls' name
2,638 babies named Launa in U.S. Social Security records since 1887, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 24% of names given to girls today.
15% of everyone ever named Launa was born in this single decade.
55 babies were named Launa in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Launa
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,638 babies named Launa between 1887 and 2024, spanning 138 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Launa currently holds the #13465 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 55 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Launa performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 404 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Launa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 160 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Utah and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Launa in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Launa 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 2,638 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.
Launa at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Launa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1887
- Peak year (2006)
- 55
- Annual births at peak — across 138 years of records
Currently ranks #13465 among girls.
2,638 total births across 138 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 55 births in a single year.
Launa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 404 births that decade — 15% of Launa's all-time total
Launa decade highlights
- Peak decade 404 births
- Runner-up 317 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Launa's strongest decade
404 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 15% of all-time use.
Launa by state
Where Launa concentrates geographically — total births since 1887
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 160 | 6.1% |
| #2 | Utah | | 64 | 2.4% |
| #3 | Texas | | 28 | 1.1% |
| #4 | Kentucky | | 22 | 0.8% |
| #5 | Oregon | | 6 | 0.2% |
| #6 | Florida | | 5 | 0.2% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.2% |
| #8 | Minnesota | | 5 | 0.2% |
160 of 2,638 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 6.1% of nationwide
- Utah 2.4% of nationwide
- Texas 1.1% of nationwide
- Kentucky 0.8% of nationwide
- Oregon 0.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 10 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Launa appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1887–2024 (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.