Laya
Recorded 1964–2025 · United States
Laya was most popular in 2025, when 137 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,855 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,855, with 137 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,102 people named Laya.
Laya over time
How old is the name Laya?
Laya first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1964, which makes it about 61 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 55 of the 62 years since.
How many people are named Laya?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,102 American births named Laya between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,081 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Laya in 2025?
137 American babies were named Laya in 2025, ranking #2,855 that year.
Is Laya getting more or less popular?
Laya is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 101 births a year, against 82 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +22% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Laya a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Laya is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,102 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Laya?
Roughly 2,081 Americans named Laya are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 11 years old, and half are between 6 and 18. That is a narrow band because Laya is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Laya is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org