Laia comes from the Catalan tradition, meaning Sweet-speaking.
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How popular is Laia?
2022peak year
Today, Laia is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #2375), with only about 83 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2022, 130 babies were given the name (ranked #1631 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2020s. Laia has been trending upward in recent years. In all, around 1,045 babies have been registered as Laia since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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