Laya
Laya is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 89 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 890.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 2019106 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1964
- 1,963people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,963 girls have been named Laya in the United States since 1964, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2019, with 106 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2014, and the 2010s alone account for 45%.
By decade
In 2019, its biggest year
Laya was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2019 were Olivia, Emma, Ava, Sophia and Isabella. See all of 2019.
Names that rose and fell with Laya
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ellisonpeak 2021
- Avnipeak 2020
- Navapeak 2023
- Annaliepeak 2024
- Luciannapeak 2024
- Keilypeak 2018
- Zariahpeak 2023
- Asiyahpeak 2023
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.