Laya Girl
How popular is Laya?
#1,540 girl name in 2025
137 baby girls were named Laya in the US in 2025, making it the 1540th most popular girl name.
Laya popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,540 for girls (▲ 594 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 137 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+38% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,996 in 2015, #1,908 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (137 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,540 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1964 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Laya 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.
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 Laya is most popular
Babies named Laya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 0.1 per 1,000 (24 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (68 girls)
- Virginia: 0.1 per 1,000 (14 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (68 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (28 girls)
Laya by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30 | #5,641 |
| 1970s | 32 | #7,069 |
| 1980s | 68 | #5,253 |
| 1990s | 82 | #7,125 |
| 2000s | 406 | #2,591 |
| 2010s | 881 | #1,888 |
| 2020s | 603 | #1,540 |
Girl names about as popular as Laya
Questions
- Is Laya a boy or girl name?
- Laya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Laya were girls.
- How popular is the name Laya?
- 137 baby girls were named Laya in the US in 2025, making it the 1540th most popular girl name.
- When was Laya most popular?
- Laya peaked in 2025, when 137 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,540 in 2025.
- How many people are named Laya?
- 2,102 babies have been named Laya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,085 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Laya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Laya was most common in New Jersey, at 0.1 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.