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“Variant of Laia — Fair of speech; well spoken” — Catalan origin
Girl's name · #1543 in the US (2025) · Trending
Laya is climbing: on the charts since 1964, it reached #1543 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 140 girls given the name last year. Roughly 2,100 have carried it all-time. Together with its spelling variants Laia (#2182) and Layah (#2948), Laya would rank around #933 with about 280 births last year — the newborns split about 50/30/20 across Laya, Laia, and Layah.
Around the world: about 1 in 570 girls in France (2025) · about 1 in 700 girls in Belgium (2025) · about 1 in 1,500 girls in Switzerland (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 8 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 15 notable people named Laya:
Entertainers appear 3.87× more often than among typical names — e.g. Laya Raki, German actress (1927-2018).
Similar names: Layan · Isra · Lainee · Naia · Elanor · Zaya
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