Laiya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LY-ah
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Laiya is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
Where does Laiya come from?
Uncertain; may respell Laia, a Catalan short form of Eulalia, or Layla
Is Laiya a girl's or a boy's name?
Laiya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Laiya in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2021, with 7 girls.
Laiya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
How popular is Laiya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Laiya, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,001st. Its busiest year was 2019, with 40 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Laiya than any year since 2004.
Half of all the girls named Laiya in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Laiya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 32 | #4,376 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,233 |
| 2020 | 25 | #5,001 |
| 2019 | 40 | #3,717 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,920 |
| 2016 | 30 | #4,631 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,680 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
Names like Laiya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Zainab, Hiba, Ayah, Rahma, Safaa, Ayra, Abeeha, Nusaybah, Aaliyah, Safiya
Names related to Laiya
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, “Laiya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/laiya, updated 20 October 2026.