Laiyah
Laiyah was the 11478th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 2015, when it ranked 1846th with 112 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 9,632 places. More babies were named Laiyah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #11,478 girls, down 7,899 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 8girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2015112 babies
- Total since 1880
- 736babies recorded
Laiyah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
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| 2025 | #11,478 | 8 |
| 2020 | #3,579 | 42 |
| 2010 | #16,089 | 6 |
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How popular is Laiyah, counting every spelling?
Laiyah is a spelling of Laiya, a name family that had 32 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 32 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laiya | 8 | #11,477 | 102 |
| Laiyah | 8 | #11,478 | 89 |
| Leiya | 16 | #7,005 | 76 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Laiyah?
8 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Laiyah (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Laiyah born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,057 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Laiyah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Laiyah?
About 700 people born in the US named Laiyah are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 7 and 12. That makes Laiyah a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Laiyah by state
How common Laiyah was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Laiyah
How popular is the name Laiyah?
Laiyah was the 11478th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 2015, when it ranked 1846th with 112 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 9,632 places. More babies were named Laiyah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Laiyah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Laiyah in the US.
Where is Laiyah most popular?
In 2021–2025, Laiyah was most common in Texas (0.01 per 1,000 girls).