Laina Girl
How popular is Laina?
#2,410 girl name in 2025
74 baby girls were named Laina in the US in 2025, making it the 2410th most popular girl name.
Laina popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,410 for girls (▼ 145 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 74 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-27% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,964 in 2015, #2,376 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2014 (117 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,768 in 2014 |
| First recorded | 1906 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Laina counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Layna family of names ranked #1,188 for girls in 2025 (#1,109 the year before), with 153 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Layna | 79 | 52% |
| Laina | 74 | 48% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Laina is most popular
Babies named Laina per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (16 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- Maryland: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Minnesota: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Laina by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,951 |
| 1910s | 51 | #1,883 |
| 1950s | 56 | #3,924 |
| 1960s | 204 | #2,058 |
| 1970s | 236 | #2,267 |
| 1980s | 358 | #2,271 |
| 1990s | 411 | #2,587 |
| 2000s | 789 | #1,788 |
| 2010s | 970 | #1,768 |
| 2020s | 489 | #2,002 |
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Questions
- Is Laina a boy or girl name?
- Laina is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Laina were girls.
- How popular is the name Laina?
- 74 baby girls were named Laina in the US in 2025, making it the 2410th most popular girl name.
- When was Laina most popular?
- Laina peaked in 2014, when 117 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,768 in 2014.
- How many people are named Laina?
- 3,569 babies have been named Laina in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,440 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 19.
- Where is Laina most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Laina was most common in Ohio, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.