Laiba

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Laiba: Recorded every year since 1998, it reached #212 in 2007, and it stood at #980 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
32times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#212highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3142
1999	#1557
2000	#1594
2001	#1025
2002	#722
2003	#538
2004	#309
2005	#296
2006	#216
2007	#212
2008	#244
2009	#239
2010	#276
2011	#318
2012	#357
2013	#445
2014	#427
2015	#643
2016	#757
2017	#701
2018	#657
2019	#682
2020	#617
2021	#625
2022	#796
2023	#906
2024	#980

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

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1998 to 2024.

In 2022: #796 among girls in England and Wales, #905 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #3142 among girls in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #212 among girls in England and Wales, in 2007 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #980 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Laiba appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 27 years beginning in 1998, and has registered 2,476 births with the name.

Laiba across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Laiba's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3142 (1998)	#212 (2007)	#980 (2024)	27 of 27	2,476 (1998–2024)	242 (2007)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#689 (2005)	#550 (2006)	#905 (2022)	5 of 18	17 (2005–2022)	5 (2006)

Laiba 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 Laiba in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	15	2 of 10	8
2000sbusiest	1,265	10 of 10	127
2010s	952	10 of 10	95
2020s	244	5 of 10	49

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 127 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2005 and 2006, when recorded births rose by 81, from 142 to 223.

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

Laiba appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #212 in England and Wales in 2007.

Laiba'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	#980	36	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#906	39	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#796	45	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#625	62	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#617	62	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#682	57	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#657	61	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#701	58	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#757	52	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#643	64	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#427	102	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#445	94	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#357	135	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#318	151	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#276	178	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#239	200	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#244	204	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#212	242	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#216	223	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#296	142	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#309	130	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#538	57	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#722	36	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1025	20	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1594	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1557	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	5	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #212, first reached in 2007.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 242 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2005, and 7 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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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Laila · #23, 81y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Jak · #212, 29y
Eliah · #211, 22y
Seosamh · #214, 28y
Donall · #215, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aimee-Leigh · #212, 21y
Jak · #212, 29y
Bertie · #211, 30y
Coby · #213, 30y

Laiba was ranked #212 in England and Wales · Girls in 2007. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Laiba 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 Laiba without appearing here.

Laiba moved ahead of

Jeanette Compare
In 1998 they stood at #3142 and #2407 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #1557 and #3900.
Therese Compare
In 1998 they stood at #3142 and #2165 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #1557 and #3900.
Karin Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1557 and #1557 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1594 and #3912.
Cheryl Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1594 and #1313 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1025 and #3262.

Moved ahead of Laiba

Blake Compare
In 2016 they stood at #757 and #768 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #701 and #499.
Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #682 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #617 and #460.
Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #318 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #357 and #284.
Meabh Compare
In 2023 they stood at #906 and #1288 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #980 and #952.

Moved the opposite way to Laiba

Abigail Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Laiba went from #3142 to #980 while Abigail went from #22 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Laiba went from #3142 to #980 while Aimee went from #68 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Laiba went from #3142 to #980 while Aisling went from #391 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Laiba went from #3142 to #980 while Alex went from #179 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Laiba

Ada Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Laiba went from #3142 to #980 and Ada from #3142 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Laiba went from #3142 to #980 and Alma from #2165 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Laiba went from #3142 to #980 and Alyssa from #561 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Laiba went from #3142 to #980 and Amalie from #3848 to #1128.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #212 in England and Wales in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Laiba

Laiba at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Laiba across 2 official records

Laiba by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Laiba across 2 official records

Laiba by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Laiba and the names beside it

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