Laia Girl

How popular is Laia?

#2,173 girl name in 2025

85 baby girls were named Laia in the US in 2025, making it the 2173rd most popular girl name.

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1,125living people named Laia (est.)
6median age of people named Laia
1,130babies named Laia since 1880
1 in 39,004US babies born in 2025

Laia popularity over time

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Rank in 2025#2,173 for girls (▼ 120 from 2024)
Babies in 202585 girls
10-year trendRising fast (+89% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#3,478 in 2015, #2,241 in 2020
Peak year2022 (130 girls)
Highest rank#1,621 in 2022
First recorded1980
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)0% boys, 100% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Laia counting every spelling

Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Laya family of names ranked #825 for girls in 2025 (#927 the year before), with 285 babies in all.

SpellingGirls in 2025Share
Laya 137 48%
Laia 85 30%
Layah 57 20%
Laiah 6 2%

Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.

Where Laia is most popular

Babies named Laia per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (64 girls)
  2. Massachusetts: 0.1 per 1,000 (18 girls)
  3. Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (53 girls)
  4. New Jersey: 0.1 per 1,000 (21 girls)
  5. California: 0.1 per 1,000 (58 girls)

Laia by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
1980s10#10,390
1990s5#13,435
2000s92#7,063
2010s444#2,128
2020s579#1,621

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Questions

Is Laia a boy or girl name?
Laia is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Laia were girls.
How popular is the name Laia?
85 baby girls were named Laia in the US in 2025, making it the 2173rd most popular girl name.
When was Laia most popular?
Laia peaked in 2022, when 130 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,621 in 2022.
How many people are named Laia?
1,130 babies have been named Laia in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,125 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 6.
Where is Laia most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Laia was most common in New York, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.