Laiya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 27 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
27
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Laiya by the numbers

Laiya was given to 27 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 30 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Laiya

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

  • Lailanight1,735 in the US (2017)
  • Liyaweary; a form of Leah64 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Laiatalkative woman; a form of Laïa58 in the US (2017)
  • Lamyawith beautiful lips; dark-lipped55 in the US (2017)
  • Laibagraceful, elegant21 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Laiylanight; a variant of Layla24 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Laiya

Names that are said the same way as Laiya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Layianight; a form of Layla5 in the US (2017)
  • Laiyah79 in the US (2017)
  • Layiah9 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Laiya

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