Larayah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- lah-RAY-ah
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Larayah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
Where does Larayah come from?
Modern: spelling of Laraya; Lara with the ending -aya
Meaning borrowed from Laraya.
Is Larayah a girl's or a boy's name?
Larayah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Larayah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 250% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Larayah, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 8 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Larayah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
How popular is Larayah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Larayah, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 2009.
Half of all the girls named Larayah in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Larayah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
Nicknames for Larayah
- Lara 522 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Larayah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah, Ayah, Safa, Abeeha, Ruqayyah, Sumayyah, Aaliyah, Hidayah, Aafiyah, Zenayah, Zaniyah, Zainab
Names related to Larayah
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, “Larayah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/larayah, updated 20 October 2026.