Launa
Launa is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. Its best rank was 985th, in 1908.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 200655 births
- Best rank
- #985in 1908
- Since 1887
- 2,638people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,638 girls have been named Launa in the United States since 1887, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2006, with 55 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1961, and the 1960s alone account for 15%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Launa | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | |
| 1890s | 48 | |
| 1900s | 61 | |
| 1910s | 133 | |
| 1920s | 215 | |
| 1930s | 175 | |
| 1940s | 317 | |
| 1950s | 301 | |
| 1960s | 404 | |
| 1970s | 233 | |
| 1980s | 160 | |
| 1990s | 59 | |
| 2000s | 267 | |
| 2010s | 209 | |
| 2020s | 44 |
In 2006, its biggest year
Launa was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2006 were Emily, Emma, Madison, Isabella and Ava. See all of 2006.
Names that rose and fell with Launa
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Grettapeak 1966
- Elbapeak 1956
- Raepeak 1956
- Carmelitapeak 1973
- Petrapeak 1927
- Felicitapeak 1964
- Carolapeak 1961
- Theressapeak 1961
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.