Laisa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LYE-sah
Laisa is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Laisa come from?
Used in Fiji and Tonga, perhaps a form of Elisa
Is Laisa a girl's or a boy's name?
Laisa is a girls' name.
How popular is Laisa in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 36 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Laisa in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Laisa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 36 | #3,586 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
Names like Laisa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zaira Salma Hiba Huda Hafsa Aaliyah Rahma Uma Aysha Zainab Zayra
Names related to Laisa
Sources
Figures from 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, “Laisa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/laisa, updated 20 October 2026.