Lai is a very rare girls' name that was most common in the 1980s and has all but disappeared.
Lai is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2015. Lai was first reported in SSA data in 1953 and peaked in 1984 (17 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6 | 6 | #15,560 | — |
| 2002 | 6 | 6 | #14,612 | — |
| 2000 | 5 | 5 | #16,423 | — |
| 1999 | 5 | 5 | #15,740 | — |
| 1997 | 8 | — | #10,340 | — |
| 1996 | 8 | — | #10,089 | — |
| 1995 | 7 | — | #11,179 | — |
| 1994 | 5 | — | #14,658 | — |
| 1993 | 15 | — | #6,114 | — |
| 1992 | 17 | — | #5,608 | — |
| 1991 | 16 | — | #9,819 | #6,272 |
| 1990 | 11 | — | #7,606 | — |
| 1989 | 15 | — | #9,208 | #6,635 |
| 1988 | 6 | — | #11,105 | — |
| 1987 | 8 | — | #8,386 | — |
| 1986 | 7 | — | #9,058 | — |
| 1985 | 9 | — | #7,273 | — |
| 1984 | 17 | — | #4,414 | — |
| 1983 | 10 | — | #6,452 | — |
| 1982 | 12 | — | #5,731 | — |
| 1981 | 21 | — | #6,104 | #4,019 |
| 1980 | 6 | — | #9,705 | — |
| 1977 | 5 | — | #10,435 | — |
| 1976 | 5 | — | #10,059 | — |
| 1975 | 8 | — | #6,821 | — |
| 1971 | 8 | — | #6,313 | — |
| 1967 | 5 | — | #7,313 | — |
| 1953 | 5 | — | #6,112 | — |