Girls' name · since 1975
Leinaala
Leinaala has 73 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1978 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,661 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 73
- born since 1975
- 1970s
- peak decade
73 girls have been named Leinaala since 1975, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Leinaala has 73 recorded births among girls since 1975, 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 1975 to 2017.
- #30,661 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 73 born since 1975
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leinaala ranks #30,661 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 73 born since 1975, peaking in the 1970s.
- #30,661 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 73
- born since 1975
- 1970s
- peak decade
Leinaala's 73 recorded births place it above 57.5% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Hawaii.
Leinaala's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Leinaala's SSA record in two at 1990 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1975, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1978 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Leinaala popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2017
- Peak year (1978)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Leinaala by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (31 births, 42% of the file).
1970s was Leinaala's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Leinaala births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
31 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
14 births
- 2000s
2000s
17 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 31 births (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.
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What to do with Leinaala's data
- Leinaala's decade-level peak was the 1970s (31 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Hawaii records the most Leinaalas (23 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Hawaii names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Leinaala: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~42 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, 1975–2017 (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 Leinaala 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.