Leinaala — girls' name
73 babies named Leinaala in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
73 girls have been named Leinaala since 1975, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 2017.
- 73
- total births
- 1975–2017
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
42% of everyone ever named Leinaala was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Leinaala in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leinaala
The Social Security Administration has registered 73 babies named Leinaala between 1975 and 2017, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leinaala currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leinaala performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Leinaala shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Leinaala in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leinaala 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 73 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.
Leinaala at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Leinaala popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1975
- Peak year (1978)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
73 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 14 births in a single year.
Leinaala by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 31 births that decade — 42% of Leinaala's all-time total
Leinaala decade highlights
- Peak decade 31 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Leinaala's strongest decade
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Leinaala by state
Where Leinaala concentrates geographically — total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | | 23 | 31.5% |
23 of 73 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Hawaii 31.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Hawaii accounts for 31.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1975–2017 (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.