Laia

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Laia: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Laia: Recorded since 2007, its highest recorded position is #1,948, and it stood at #2,574 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
18years from first to last
#1948highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2007–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2007	#5201
2008	#4524
2010	#5707
2011	#5785
2014	#4003
2015	#2705
2016	#4763
2017	#4763
2018	#2674
2019	#2286
2020	#3899
2021	#2711
2022	#1948
2023	#3218
2024	#2574

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 15 of the 18 years from 2007 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2007–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2007
First recorded at #5201 among girls in England and Wales in 2007 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2007–2024
Highest recorded position: #1948 among girls in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 2007–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2574 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Laia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Laia in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	7	2 of 10	4
2010s	48	8 of 10	6
2020sbusiest	45	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Laia appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2007 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1948 in England and Wales in 2022.

Laia's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2574	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3218	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1948	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2286	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2674	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2007 and 2024, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,948, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
11 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,574position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
14births registered in its largest year, 2022Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Laiba · #212, 27y
Laiken · #2921, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Barakah · #1948, 13y
Everlie · #1948, 10y
Minerva · #1948, 18y
Serayah · #1948, 12y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Barakah · #1948, 13y
Rheya · #1948, 21y
Adin · #1949, 14y
Agha · #1949, 11y

Laia and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Laia without appearing here.

Laia moved ahead of

Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3218 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2574 and #5891.
Teddy Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3218 and #2689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2574 and #5891.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2674 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2286 and #5591.
Kristin Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4763 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2674 and #5666.

Moved ahead of Laia

Arlo Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #2843.
Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4003 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2705 and #2705.
Noah Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1948 and #2058 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3218 and #3218.

Moved the opposite way to Laia

Abigail Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Laia went from #5201 to #2574 while Abigail went from #24 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Laia went from #5201 to #2574 while Aimee went from #76 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Laia went from #5201 to #2574 while Aisling went from #1196 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Laia went from #5201 to #2574 while Alex went from #350 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Laia

Ada Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Laia went from #5201 to #2574 and Ada from #919 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Laia went from #5201 to #2574 and Alma from #1196 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Laia went from #5201 to #2574 and Amelia from #10 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Laia went from #5201 to #2574 and Aria from #1234 to #35.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2007 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1948 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Laia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Laia at a glance

Laia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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