Laiba
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LAY-ba
- Origin
- Urdu
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,512 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Laiba is a girls' name of Urdu origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,512th for girls in the UK (21 babies) and 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
Where does Laiba come from?
Urdu: name used mainly in Pakistani families, of uncertain derivation
Is Laiba a girl's or a boy's name?
Laiba is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the UK and 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Laiba in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,512among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the UK were named Laiba, making it the 1,512th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 650th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 249 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Laiba than any year since 2000.
Half of all the girls named Laiba in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 25 girls in the UK were given Laiba or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,169, up from #1,512 for this spelling alone.
- Laiba 21
- Laibah 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,454th in England and Wales.
Laiba in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #1,512 |
| 2024 | 36 | #1,020 |
| 2023 | 39 | #969 |
| 2022 | 47 | #824 |
| 2021 | 67 | #625 |
| 2020 | 63 | #650 |
| 2019 | 61 | #692 |
| 2018 | 63 | #691 |
| 2017 | 60 | #737 |
| 2016 | 54 | #786 |
| 2015 | 65 | #676 |
| 2014 | 105 | #458 |
| 2013 | 99 | #465 |
| 2012 | 140 | #379 |
| 2011 | 158 | #345 |
| 2010 | 183 | #289 |
| 2009 | 212 | #254 |
| 2008 | 208 | #263 |
| 2007 | 249 | #229 |
| 2006 | 228 | #234 |
| 2005 | 149 | #314 |
| 2004 | 136 | #327 |
| 2003 | 58 | #578 |
| 2002 | 37 | #750 |
| 2001 | 22 | #1,042 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,689 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,576 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Laiba in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Laiba, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 51 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Laiba than any year since 1999.
Half of all the girls named Laiba in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Laiba in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,304 |
| 2018 | 27 | #4,886 |
| 2017 | 32 | #4,383 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,283 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 28 | #4,885 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 36 | #4,071 |
| 2010 | 37 | #4,022 |
| 2009 | 40 | #3,869 |
| 2008 | 38 | #4,088 |
| 2007 | 37 | #4,130 |
| 2006 | 41 | #3,733 |
| 2005 | 50 | #3,122 |
| 2004 | 51 | #3,029 |
| 2003 | 35 | #3,865 |
| 2002 | 30 | #4,175 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
Names like Laiba
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Hiba Zainab Rahma Aaliyah Huda Safaa Ayah Faiza Uma Abeeha
Other spellings of Laiba
Names related to Laiba
More Urdu names
Meerab Shahzain Saira Zohran Sehrish Zeeshan Maheen Aafia Shazain Sairah Laaibah Zeeshaan
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Laiba: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/laiba, updated 20 October 2026.