Girls' name · since 1980
Laia
1,130 babies named Laia in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,886 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,184 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,130
- born since 1980
- 2020s
- peak decade
1,130 babies have been named Laia since 1980, making it today's #2184 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laia has been recorded 1,130 times among girls since 1980, currently ranked #2184 nationally and more common than 87% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #6,886 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,184 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,130 born since 1980
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laia ranks #6,886 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,184 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,130 born since 1980, peaking in the 2020s.
- #6,886 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,184 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,130
- born since 1980
- 2020s
- peak decade
Laia's 1,130 recorded births place it above 90.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
13 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Laia compares
1,130 Top 30% higher than 70% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Laia's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Laia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,130 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 130 | 21 | 19,840 |
Laia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Laia's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 87% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 13%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1980, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 130, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Laia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 130
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Laia by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (579 births, 51% of the file).
2020s was Laia's strongest decade.
579 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Laia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 92
2000s
92 births
- 2010s
2010s
444 births
- 2020s
2020s
579 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 579 births (51% of all-time use).
How Laia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Laia's total volume
Laia by state
Where Laia concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 130 | 11.5% |
| #2 | California | | 108 | 9.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 83 | 7.3% |
| #4 | Texas | | 80 | 7.1% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 36 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 23 | 2.0% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 23 | 2.0% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 20 | 1.8% |
130 of 1,130 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Laia appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Laia's data
- New York records the most Laias (130 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Laia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~45 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1980–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Laia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.