Feminine dossier · first seen 1964

Laya

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Laya
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2019

Peak rank proxy

106

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Alpha

1964Peak 20192024

Peak year

2019

Decline from peak

16%

2024

All-time

1,963

Laya has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2019, when 106 girls were named Laya.

In 2024, only 89 girls were given the name.

Down 16% from its peak.

All told, about 1,963 Americans have been named Laya and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1964.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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