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Laina

Feminine

1906high 2013
#2410 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare74 girls in 2025

Laina respells Lena, which shortens Helena, Magdalena and Elena — and only one of those has a recovered meaning.

How old is the name Laina?

Laina first appears in US birth records in 1906 — 119 years ago. The typical Laina alive today was born around 2007, making them about 18 years old. About 3,400 people named Laina are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Laina most popular?

Laina peaked in 2014, reaching #1768 nationally. Today it ranks #2410, 642 places below that high. See the whole 2014 chart.

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Where it comes from

Our story of Laina

Our story of Laina is a story of one ending shared by several mothers. Lena serves as the short form of Helena, Elena, Magdalena and Yelena across Europe, and only Magdalena has a recoverable meaning — 'of the tower'. Helen's origin has defeated everyone who has tried it. American families respelled Lena as Laina and Layna in the 2000s, and which parent stands behind any child is usually not recorded.

Meaningscholars disagree

Not established

Through Lena, a short form of Helena, Magdalena, Elena or Yelena. Helen's own Greek meaning is unrecovered; Magdalena means 'of Magdala', a tower. Which parent applies is not determinable. The Laina spelling is modern American.

How the name formed

  1. Lena
  2. Laina

Related forms: Lena · Layna

Pronouncing Laina

LAY-nuh

Two syllables, stress on the first. Lena is usually LEE-nuh, which differs.

Nicknames for Laina

Moderate

LaiThe front sound alone, used inside families rather than generally
LenaThe standard form, and a name in its own right with a large record
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1906–20251155801157419062025

US babies named Laina per year from 1906 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#17681900s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1906
Most girls named
2013115 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1768reached in 2014
Change vs 2023
−24.5%74 in 2025, from 98
Laina sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2013, with 115 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

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.

Laina in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Lena in English — related form
  • Layna in English — spelling variant

Strongest US states over the last decade: Ohio, New York, Texas.

Lainas among us

3,400

people named Laina are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 21,720 born in 2025 was named Laina

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Laina

#2410
Laina on the 2025 chart
#807
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Laina went to 74 girls in 2025, but Layna is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 153, which makes it the 807th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,603 places above the chart.

About 1 girl in 10,505 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 21,720 for Laina itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Celinda test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Laina's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Celinda climbed just as high around 1954, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Celinda's path sketches the road Laina is walking now.

40%chance Laina will feel “very 2010s” by 2040
Laina, aligned on its peakCelinda· peak 1954not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+70 yrsCelinda · #14942Laina today
Laina today is about where Celinda stood in 1965 — 11 years past a #1769-sized peak. By 1980, Celinda had settled around #5873.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Laina 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

Where Laina is headed

19062030

US babies named Laina per year, 1906 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Laina should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady+4% by 2030projected around #2,462 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Laina beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Laina in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Lainathis name74#2410Ayda74#2410Layken74#2410Leana74#2410Sanvi74#2410

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • Lena is available as a related form with a large record.
  • Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
  • Magdalena gives it a tower meaning where that parent applies.
What to consider
  • The parent names' meanings are mostly unrecovered.
  • Laina and Lena are said differently.
  • At least three spellings of the sound are in circulation.

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Frequently asked

How many Lainas are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,400 people named Laina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Laina?
Laina is one of 2 recorded spellings. Layna is the more common one — 79 births in 2025 against 74 for Laina.
How popular is the name Laina in 2025?
Laina ranks #2410 among US girl names in 2025, with 74 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Laina?
About 1 in every 21,720 US girls born in 2025 was named Laina — 74 in all.
Will my child share the name Laina with classmates?
Laina will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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