Laiba
Feminine
Laiba went from nowhere to one of the most common girls' names among Pakistani families in about a decade, and it did that without an etymology. The meanings printed for it are supplied by name lists, not by dictionaries.
How old is the name Laiba?
Laiba first appears in US birth records in 1997 — 28 years ago. The typical Laiba alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 700 people named Laiba are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Laiba most popular?
Laiba peaked in 2004, reaching #3033 nationally. Today it ranks #10107, 7,074 places below that high. See the whole 2004 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Laiba
A name can become extremely common without having any history at all, and Laiba is a clean demonstration. It has no attested classical Arabic root, no Persian source and no Urdu literary use before the modern period, but it appears in the birth records of Pakistan, Britain and North America in very large numbers from the 1990s onward, sometimes near the top of the list. The meanings offered for it come from a genre of publication that must fill a meaning column for every entry, and those glosses then get copied across websites until they look like scholarship. The honest description is short: the name is modern, its sound belongs to a family that Urdu-speaking families favor, and what it means is not known. That is a different statement from saying it means nothing.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Laiba is widely glossed as a beauty of paradise or a houri, a reading that circulates through popular name lists and is not supported by Arabic or Urdu lexicons. The name appears to be a modern formation, popularized in Pakistan and among Pakistani families abroad from the 1990s. The American peak is 2004.
Pronouncing Laiba
LY-bah
Two syllables, stress on the first, with the first vowel as in lie. Some families say LAY-bah, and both are in use.
Nicknames for Laiba
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1997
- Most girls named
- 200451 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3033reached in 2004
- Change vs 2024
- −18.2%9 in 2025, from 11
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Laiba in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Laiba in Urdu — same name
- Laibah in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, Illinois, New Jersey.
Laibas among us
people named Laiba are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 178,585 born in 2025 was named Laiba
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Brigitta test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Laiba's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Brigitta climbed just as high around 1962, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Brigitta's path sketches the road Laiba is walking now.
Laiba sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Laiba beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Laiba in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Two syllables and five letters, short and easy to write.
- It is immediately familiar within Urdu-speaking communities worldwide.
- The sound is soft and open.
- The meanings printed for it are not supportable.
- Two pronunciations of the first vowel are current.
- It is unfamiliar to most American readers.
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Frequently asked
- How many Laibas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Laiba are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Laiba in 2025?
- Laiba ranks #10107 among US girl names in 2025, with 9 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Laiba?
- About 1 in every 178,585 US girls born in 2025 was named Laiba — 9 in all.
- Will my child share the name Laiba with classmates?
- Laiba will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Laiba
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
Berta#10107 · Jettie#10107 · Maye#10107 · Osa#10107 · Fidelia#10107 · Alysa#10107 · Su#10107 · Willie#10107
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