How Many People Are Named Laya?
people named Laya are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 164,240 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,102 babies named Laya in Social Security records from 1964 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
137 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Laya in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Laya alive today is about 13 years old, and 92% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 17 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Laya first appears in the records in 1964, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 137 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1964 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Laya has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,543, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #1,543.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,543 |
| Best rank | #1,543 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,193 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Laya alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Laya were born in California than in any other state: about 221 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Laya was given 3.3 times as often in New Jersey, 2.8 times in Michigan and 1.9 times in California.
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