NameTides

Laina

Laina was the #2,410 girls' name in the US in 2025 (74 babies), and #2,475 in Canada.

Laina as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Laina as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Laina as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, 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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#2,410 (74)———#2,475 (8)
2024#2,265 (82)#5,892 (3)——#2,975 (6)
2023#2,002 (98)#5,688 (3)——#1,582 (14)
2022#2,123 (90)#2,674 (9)——#2,553 (7)
2021#2,484 (71)#2,942 (8)——#1,876 (11)
2020#2,376 (74)#2,843 (8)——#2,591 (7)
2019#2,272 (80)#2,458 (10)———
2018#2,207 (84)#4,684 (4)——#2,151 (9)
2017#2,097 (92)#4,063 (5)—#873 (3)#1,784 (12)
2016#1,996 (99)#3,609 (6)——#2,383 (8)
2015#1,964 (102)#4,103 (5)——#1,874 (11)
2014#1,768 (117)#4,003 (5)——#1,901 (11)
2013#1,775 (115)#3,160 (7)—#747 (4)#1,913 (11)
2012#2,095 (91)#4,838 (4)—#907 (3)#1,531 (15)
2011#1,982 (99)#3,549 (6)——#2,009 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2013 at #1,775.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1906.

How common is it?

about 1 in 22,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 22,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Laina is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 19,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 14,000 to 1 in 26,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Laina by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,830NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,392PANew Jersey: #1,036NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,767CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: #1,887FL
Laina (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LainaCanadaGirls#2,4758
LainaEngland & WalesGirls—too few
LainaIrelandGirls—too few
LainaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LainaScotlandGirls—too few
LainaUSGirls#2,41074