Laina
Girl · LAY-na · Greek
Laina is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,410th for girls in the US (74 babies).
What does Laina mean?
Greek: probably a short form of Elaina, from Helen
Probably a shortened Elaina; Elaine and Elaina are medieval French forms of Helen.
- Say it
- LAY-na
Is Laina a girl's or a boy's name?
Laina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 74 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Laina in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2019, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Laina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Laina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 2 | #6,929 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,832 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,942 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Laina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,410among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 74about 1 in 22,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 74 girls in the US were named Laina, making it the 2,410th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,376th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 117 girls. It first appears in the records in 1906.
Half of all the girls named Laina in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 235 girls in the US were given Laina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #968, up from #2,410 for this spelling alone.
Laina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 74 | #2,410 |
| 2024 | 82 | #2,265 |
| 2023 | 98 | #2,002 |
| 2022 | 90 | #2,123 |
| 2021 | 71 | #2,484 |
| 2020 | 74 | #2,376 |
| 2019 | 80 | #2,272 |
| 2018 | 84 | #2,207 |
| 2017 | 92 | #2,097 |
| 2016 | 99 | #1,996 |
| 2015 | 102 | #1,964 |
| 2014 | 117 | #1,768 |
| 2013 | 115 | #1,775 |
| 2012 | 91 | #2,095 |
| 2011 | 99 | #1,982 |
| 2010 | 91 | #2,152 |
| 2009 | 102 | #2,016 |
| 2008 | 88 | #2,234 |
| 2007 | 107 | #1,929 |
| 2006 | 116 | #1,788 |
| 2005 | 90 | #2,072 |
| 2004 | 76 | #2,283 |
| 2003 | 57 | #2,734 |
| 2002 | 60 | #2,579 |
| 2001 | 50 | #2,877 |
| 2000 | 43 | #3,165 |
| 1999 | 43 | #3,045 |
| 1998 | 42 | #3,012 |
| 1997 | 49 | #2,587 |
| 1996 | 48 | #2,587 |
| 1995 | 37 | #3,082 |
| 1994 | 35 | #3,229 |
| 1993 | 43 | #2,763 |
| 1992 | 33 | #3,337 |
| 1991 | 45 | #2,654 |
| 1990 | 36 | #3,073 |
| 1989 | 31 | #3,324 |
| 1988 | 42 | #2,534 |
| 1987 | 26 | #3,421 |
| 1986 | 32 | #2,902 |
| 1985 | 35 | #2,703 |
| 1984 | 30 | #2,914 |
| 1983 | 42 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 43 | #2,288 |
| 1981 | 41 | #2,375 |
| 1980 | 36 | #2,603 |
| 1979 | 28 | #2,997 |
| 1978 | 29 | #2,801 |
| 1977 | 22 | #3,365 |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,286 |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,591 |
| 1974 | 22 | #3,110 |
| 1973 | 18 | #3,480 |
| 1972 | 21 | #3,062 |
| 1971 | 28 | #2,599 |
| 1970 | 34 | #2,267 |
| 1969 | 37 | #2,058 |
| 1968 | 16 | #3,314 |
| 1967 | 21 | #2,706 |
| 1966 | 31 | #2,093 |
| 1965 | 19 | #2,832 |
| 1964 | 19 | #2,914 |
| 1963 | 16 | #3,175 |
| 1962 | 18 | #2,921 |
| 1961 | 12 | #3,792 |
| 1960 | 15 | #3,211 |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,030 |
| 1958 | 10 | #3,924 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,160 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,289 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,711 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,550 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,793 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,637 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,883 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,191 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,951 |
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