Girls' name · since 1988
Laraya
Since 1988, U.S. Social Security records show 311 babies named Laraya, peaking in 2013. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #15,591 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,684 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 311
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
Laraya currently ranks #9684 among girls' names in America, with 311 babies recorded since 1988.
Laraya has 311 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9684 as of the latest data, more common than 44% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #15,591 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,684 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 311 born since 1988
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laraya ranks #15,591 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,684 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 311 born since 1988, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,591 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,684 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 311
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
Laraya's 311 recorded births place it above 78.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Laraya compares
311 46th 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
Laraya's all-time total is 17% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Laraya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 311 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Laraya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Laraya's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1988, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2013 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Laraya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Laraya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (128 births, 41% of the file).
2010s was Laraya's strongest decade.
128 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Laraya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 27
1990s
27 births
- 2000s
2000s
83 births
- 2010s
2010s
128 births
- 2020s
2020s
62 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 128 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Laraya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (128 total births) through the 2020s (62) -- 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 Laraya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1988–2025 (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 Laraya 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.