NameTides

Layah

Layah was the #2,933 girls' name in the US in 2025 (57 babies), and #3,035 in England & Wales and #3,044 in Canada.

Layah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Layah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Layah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#2,933 (57)#3,035 (8)—#3,044 (6)
2024#3,277 (48)#3,696 (6)—#2,685 (7)
2023#2,614 (67)#2,346 (11)—#2,366 (8)
2022#3,123 (52)#2,488 (10)——
2021#2,608 (66)#2,499 (10)—#2,377 (8)
2020#2,468 (70)#4,535 (4)——
2019#2,561 (68)#2,286 (11)—#2,872 (6)
2018#2,254 (81)#2,674 (9)#629 (5)#2,587 (7)
2017#2,487 (72)#2,341 (11)——
2016#2,068 (95)#2,757 (9)—#2,892 (6)
2015#2,431 (75)#2,328 (11)—#3,286 (5)
2014#2,213 (85)#3,160 (7)#876 (3)#2,026 (10)
2013#2,326 (79)#4,050 (5)—#2,595 (7)
2012#2,426 (76)#3,681 (6)—#3,334 (5)
2011#3,014 (56)#3,549 (6)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2016 at #2,068.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1995.

How common is it?

about 1 in 29,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 29,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 31,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Layah is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 31,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 23,000 to 1 in 42,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Layah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,830CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: #2,151FL
Layah (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LayahCanadaGirls#3,0446
LayahEngland & WalesGirls#3,0358
LayahIrelandGirls—too few
LayahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LayahUSGirls#2,93357