Laraya — #9776 US girls' name
301 babies named Laraya in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 45% of names given to girls today.
43% of everyone ever named Laraya was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Laraya in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Laraya
The Social Security Administration has registered 301 babies named Laraya between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Laraya currently holds the #9776 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Laraya performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 128 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Laraya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Laraya 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 301 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.
Laraya at a glance
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Current rank
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Laraya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1988
- Peak year (2013)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
Currently ranks #9776 among girls.
301 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 20 births in a single year.
Laraya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 128 births that decade — 43% of Laraya's all-time total
Laraya decade highlights
- Peak decade 128 births
- Runner-up 83 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Laraya's strongest decade
128 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% 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, 1988–2024 (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.