How Many People Are Named Lai?
people named Lai are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,383,744 people in the US has this name
Based on 256 babies named Lai in Social Security records from 1953 to 2015, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
21 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Lai, 90.4% were girls and 9.6% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lai alive today is about 38 years old, and 83% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 32 and 43 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lai first appears in the records in 1953 and was given most often in 1981, to 21 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2015.
Babies given the name each year, 1953 to 2015
🏆 Rank History
Lai has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #4,413, in 1984.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #4,413 (1984) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #6,929 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lai alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lai were born in California than in any other state: about 68 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lai was given about 6.2 times as often in California.
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