Laira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LAIR-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Laira is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
Where does Laira come from?
Modern: modern variant of Lara or Laura
Is Laira a girl's or a boy's name?
Laira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Laira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Laira, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th.
2025 had the most girls named Laira of any year since it first appeared, in 2011.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Laira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
How popular is Laira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Laira, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
2025 had more girls named Laira than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Laira in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Laira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
Names like Laira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Hiba Rahma Zainab Ayra Ayah Huda Abeeha Amira Ayla Khadija
Names related to Laira
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Laira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/laira, updated 20 October 2026.