Girls' name · since 1979
Laira
Laira has 166 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,726 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,322 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 166
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
166 babies have been named Laira since 1979, making it today's #10322 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Laira recorded 166 times among girls since 1979, holding rank #10322 nationally today, ahead of 40% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #21,726 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,322 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 166 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laira ranks #21,726 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,322 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 166 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #21,726 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,322 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 166
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Laira's 166 recorded births place it above 69.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Laira compares
166 33rd percentile among 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
Laira's all-time total is 56% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Laira | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 166 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Laira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Laira splits its recorded history at 2010: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2010 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Laira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Laira by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (61 births, 37% of the file).
2000s was Laira's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Laira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
61 births
- 2010s
2010s
47 births
- 2020s
2020s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 61 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Laira's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (61 total births) through the 2020s (38) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Laira: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Laira 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.