Laira — #13872 US girls' name
157 babies named Laira in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 21% of names given to girls today.
39% of everyone ever named Laira was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Laira in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Laira
The Social Security Administration has registered 157 babies named Laira between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Laira currently holds the #13872 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Laira performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 61 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Laira shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Laira in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 157 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Laira at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Laira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1979
- Peak year (2010)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
Currently ranks #13872 among girls.
157 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 13 births in a single year.
Laira by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 61 births that decade — 39% of Laira's all-time total
Laira decade highlights
- Peak decade 61 births
- Runner-up 47 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Laira's strongest decade
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1979–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.