Girls' name · since 2009
Larayah
Since 2009, U.S. Social Security records show 141 babies named Larayah, peaking in 2012. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,423 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,785 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 141
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Larayah is the #12785 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 141 recorded since 2009.
Larayah has 141 recorded births among girls since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12785 as of the latest data, more common than 26% 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 2009 to 2025.
- #23,423 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,785 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 141 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Larayah ranks #23,423 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,785 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 141 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #23,423 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,785 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 141
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Larayah's 141 recorded births place it above 67.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Larayah compares
141 30th 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
Larayah's all-time total is 62% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Larayah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 141 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Larayah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Larayah's full recorded timeline at 2017, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2009, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Larayah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Larayah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (85 births, 60% of the file).
2010s was Larayah's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Larayah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
85 births
- 2020s
2020s
51 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 85 births (60% of all-time use).
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What to do with Larayah's data
- Larayah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (85 total births) through the 2020s (51) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Larayah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~16 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, 2009–2025 (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 Larayah 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.