Launa
Recorded 1887–2025 · United States
Launa was most popular in 2006, when 55 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,242 that year. In 2025 it ranked #15,103, with 11 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,649 people named Launa.
Launa over time
How old is the name Launa?
Launa first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1887, which makes it about 138 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 129 of the 139 years since.
How many people are named Launa?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,649 American births named Launa between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,801 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Launa in 2025?
11 American babies were named Launa in 2025, ranking #15,103 that year.
Is Launa getting more or less popular?
Launa is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 9 births a year, against 23 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -58% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Launa a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Launa is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,649 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Launa?
Roughly 1,801 Americans named Launa are alive today — 68% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 55 years old, and half are between 21 and 67. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Launa is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org