Lai
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1984
17 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
256
since 1953
Born a Lai? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Lai was most popular in 1984, when 17 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.01 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Lai in 2025. Not recorded since 2015.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 6 | 14482 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 6 | 13595 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 5 | 15031 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 5 | 14411 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 8 | 9802 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 8 | 9581 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 7 | 10514 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 5 | 13430 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 15 | 5955 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 17 | 5484 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 8 | 9336 | 8 | 5942 |
| 1990 | 11 | 7303 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 8 | 8761 | 7 | 6229 |
| 1988 | 6 | 10386 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 8 | 7987 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 7 | 8523 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 9 | 6955 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 17 | 4318 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 10 | 6212 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 12 | 5534 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 11 | 5885 | 10 | 3858 |
| 1980 | 6 | 9095 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1978 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 5 | 9652 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 5 | 9284 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 8 | 6484 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1972 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 8 | 6006 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1969 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1968 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 5 | 6804 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1965 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1964 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1963 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1962 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1961 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1960 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1959 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1958 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1957 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1956 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1955 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1954 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 5 | 5673 | <5 | — |
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