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Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Laina

Gender

Female

Origin

Celtic/Gaelic
Path: roadway. Variant of surnames Lane and Laine.
English

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Laina

Pronunciation

la(i)-na

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 2014 (rank #1762, 117 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2410, 74 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
202574
202481
202398
202290
202171
202074
201980
201884
201792
201699

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2019 (rank #2458, 10 births); most recent 2024 (rank #5890, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025–
20243
20233
20229
20218
20208
201910
20184
20175
20166

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2017 (rank #382, 150 births); most recent 2023 (rank #423, 127 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023127
2022136
2021103
202086
2019122
2018118
2017150
2016134
2015145
2014148

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2013 (rank #746, 4 births); most recent 2017 (rank #872, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
20173
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2002 (rank #640, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence