Laya

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Laya: Recorded since 2000, it reached #517 in 2021, and it stood at #1,819 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#517highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2000–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#3912
2003	#4373
2005	#2970
2008	#2292
2009	#1668
2010	#2235
2011	#2150
2012	#1428
2013	#1587
2014	#1628
2015	#1961
2016	#1635
2017	#2201
2018	#1393
2019	#2040
2020	#2449
2021	#1505
2022	#1849
2023	#1575
2024	#1819

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 20 of the 25 years from 2000 to 2024.

In 2022: #747 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1849 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2000–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2000
First recorded at #3912 among girls in England and Wales in 2000 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2014–2022
Highest recorded position: #517 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2021 (recorded 2014–2022).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1819 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Laya appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 20 years beginning in 2000, and has registered 281 births with the name.

Laya 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.

Laya'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	#3912 (2000)	#1393 (2018)	#1819 (2024)	20 of 25	281 (2000–2024)	23 (2018)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#661 (2014)	#517 (2021)	#747 (2022)	7 of 9	34 (2014–2022)	7 (2021)

Laya 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 Laya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	38	5 of 10	8
2010sbusiest	163	10 of 10	16
2020s	80	5 of 10	16

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 16 births a year.

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

Laya 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 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #517 in Republic of Ireland in 2021.

Laya'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	#1819	16	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1575	19	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1849	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1505	20	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2449	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2040	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1393	23	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1635	19	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1961	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1628	18	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1587	19	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1428	22	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2150	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2235	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1668	16	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2292	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	7	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#544	6	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#751	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	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 2000 and 2024, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #517, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 23 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2014, and 14 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.

Lawson · #234, 30y
Lawy · #1923, 12y
Layaan · #1160, 14y
Layah · #629, 21y

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.

Apryl · #517, 19y
Ciera · #517, 21y
Esmay · #517, 22y
Leisha · #517, 23y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Esmay · #517, 22y
Ilinca · #517, 14y
Andrey · #518, 24y
Faustas · #518, 14y

Laya was ranked #517 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2021. 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.

Laya 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 Laya without appearing here.

Laya moved ahead of

Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1505 and #5581.
Carmel Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2201 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1393 and #4684.
Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2201 and #1817 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1393 and #4684.
Debra Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4373 and #3099 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2292 and #5545.

Moved ahead of Laya

Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2040 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2449 and #1313.
Fiadh Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1393 and #1436 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2040 and #1063.
Ezra Compare
In 2016 they stood at #1635 and #1689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2201 and #1411.
Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1628 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1961 and #1240.

Moved the opposite way to Laya

Abigail Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Laya went from #3912 to #1819 while Abigail went from #19 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Laya went from #3912 to #1819 while Aimee went from #72 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Laya went from #3912 to #1819 while Aisling went from #443 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Laya went from #3912 to #1819 while Alex went from #186 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Laya

Ada Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Laya went from #3912 to #1819 and Ada from #1831 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Laya went from #3912 to #1819 and Alma from #2416 to #234.
Amalie Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Laya went from #3912 to #1819 and Amalie from #3912 to #1128.
Amelia Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Laya went from #3912 to #1819 and Amelia from #35 to #2.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #517 in Republic of Ireland in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Laya

Laya at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Laya across 2 official records

Laya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Popularity data

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Laya at a glance

Laya across 2 official records

Laya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Laya and the names beside it

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