Girls' name · since 1948
Launi
Since 1948, U.S. Social Security records show 77 babies named Launi, peaking in 1977. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #30,059 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 77
- born since 1948
- 1970s
- peak decade
Launi is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 77 have been recorded since 1948.
Launi has 77 recorded births among girls since 1948, 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 1948 to 1981.
- #30,059 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 77 born since 1948
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Launi ranks #30,059 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 77 born since 1948, peaking in the 1970s.
- #30,059 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 77
- born since 1948
- 1970s
- peak decade
Launi's 77 recorded births place it above 58.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Launi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Launi's full recorded timeline at 1970, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1959, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1977 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Launi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–1981
- Peak year (1977)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Launi by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (34 births, 44% of the file).
1970s was Launi's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Launi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
27 births
- 1970s
1970s
34 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 34 births (44% of all-time use).
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What to do with Launi's data
- Launi's decade-level peak was the 1970s (34 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- 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 Launi: 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 (~33 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, 1948–1981 (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 Launi 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.