Girls' name · since 1984
Laynie
Laynie has 2,279 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,318 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,298 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,279
- born since 1984
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Laynie is the #1298 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,279 recorded since 1984.
Laynie has 2,279 recorded births among girls since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1298 as of the latest data, more common than 92% of girls, 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 1984 to 2025.
- #4,318 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,298 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,279 born since 1984
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laynie ranks #4,318 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,298 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,279 born since 1984, peaking in the 2020s.
- #4,318 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,298 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,279
- born since 1984
- 2020s
- peak decade
Laynie's 2,279 recorded births place it above 94.02% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
26 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Laynie compares
2,279 Top 21% higher than 79% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Laynie's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Laynie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,279 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 172 | 21 | 19,840 |
Laynie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Laynie's full recorded timeline at 2007, 79% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 21% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 172 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Laynie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 172
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Laynie by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (792 births, 35% of the file).
2020s was Laynie's strongest decade.
792 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Laynie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s 101
1990s
101 births
- 2000s
2000s
602 births
- 2010s
2010s
778 births
- 2020s
2020s
792 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 792 births (35% of all-time use).
How Laynie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Laynie's total volume
Laynie by state
Where Laynie concentrates geographically, total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 300 | 13.2% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 78 | 3.4% |
| #3 | Oklahoma | | 64 | 2.8% |
| #4 | Utah | | 55 | 2.4% |
| #5 | California | | 51 | 2.2% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 50 | 2.2% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 48 | 2.1% |
| #8 | Missouri | | 37 | 1.6% |
300 of 2,279 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 26 reporting states.
Laynie appears in 26 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Laynies (300 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Laynie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
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, 1984–2025 (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 Laynie 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.