Laith

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 181 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
181
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#896
up from #973
UK popularity
#254
181 babies · up from #304

How Laith has moved

US popularity rank, 2024–2025. Lower is more popular.
#816#935#1053202420252025#896

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YearUS rank
2024#973
2025#896

Laith by the numbers

In 2025, 181 babies in England and Wales were named Laith. In the US, 163 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Laith

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 Laith. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Laythlion81 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Leithwet, damp or grey; a place name4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lavith10 in the US (2017)
  • Leighmeadow or field59 in the US (2017)
  • Lakshmark, sign, aim, or objective12 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lairdlord or landowner in scotland11 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Laith

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