How Many People Are Named Laelyn?
An estimated 133 people in the United States have the first name Laelyn. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 8 years old, and Laelyn peaked in popularity in 2016 with 17 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Laelyn as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Laelyn paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
133
About 1 in 2,577,100 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
8
years old
Peak Year
2016
17 births
Total Registered
134
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Laelyn
Laelyn is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 134 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Laelyn as a female name
Ranked #8,693 in 2024
12 female births in 2024
Peak: 2016 (17 births)
Laelyn: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Laelyn span from the 2000s to the 2020s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 71 babies were registered. Laelyn remains highly popular today, with recent registration numbers near its historical peak.
Laelyn by Decade
How has Laelyn tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Laelyn + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Laelyn as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Laelyn
Other first names starting with L with a similar number of bearers.
Laelyn: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Laelyn?
We estimate approximately 133 people named Laelyn are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 2,577,100 Americans share this first name.
Is Laelyn a common name?
Laelyn is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 68.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 134 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Laelyn most popular?
Laelyn reached peak popularity in 2016, when 17 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Laelyn is approximately 8 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Laelyn a female name?
Laelyn is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Laelyn Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Laelyn Smith, Laelyn Johnson, Laelyn Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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