NameTides

Lai

Lai peaked in the US in 1984 at #4,318, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.

Lai as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Lai as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020
Lai as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2015#14,482 (6)———
2009—#4,564 (4)——
2002#13,595 (6)———
2000#15,031 (5)———
1999#14,411 (5)———
1997#9,802 (8)———
1996#9,581 (8)#2,683 (5)——
1995#10,514 (7)———
1994#13,430 (5)———
1993#5,955 (15)———
1992#5,484 (17)——#2,450 (5)
1991#9,336 (8)———
1990#7,303 (11)———
1989#8,761 (8)———
1988#10,386 (6)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1984 at #4,318.
  • First recorded in the US in 1953.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LaiCanadaGirls—too few
LaiEngland & WalesGirls—too few
LaiNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LaiScotlandGirls—too few
LaiUSGirls—too few
LaiUSBoys—too few