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Girl's name · #2182 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave
Laia is near its high-water mark: it reached #1632 in 2022 and still ranked #2182 in 2025. About 1,100 girls have carried it since 1980.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 10 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#26 in Spain (2024) · #134 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #367 in France (2025) · #380 in Ecuador (2025) · #637 in Switzerland (2025) · #786 in Belgium (2025) · #1,522 in Sweden (2025) · #1,601 in Austria (2025) · #4,201 in England & Wales (2025) · #15,016 in Italy (2024) · #845 in Poland (2023) · #2,203 in Canada (2023) and 1 more.
Among 171 notable people named Laia:
Sports figures appear 1.54× more often than among typical names — e.g. Laia Aleixandri, Spanish footballer (born 2000).
Together with its spelling variants Laya (#1543) and Layah (#2948), Laia would rank around #933 with about 280 births last year — the newborns split about 50/30/20 across Laya, Laia, and Layah.
Similar names: Laya · Theia · Layana · Raeya · Harmonii · Elaia
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