Laiah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.
Laiah by the numbers
Laiah was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 27 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Laiah
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Laiah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Laiah
Names that are said the same way as Laiah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Laya23 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Laiah
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