NameTides

Layal

Layal was the #3,211 girls' name in the US in 2025 (49 babies), and #1,584 in England & Wales and #1,031 in Canada.

Layal as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Layal as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Layal as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#3,211 (49)#1,584 (19)#1,031 (26)
2024#2,930 (56)#1,895 (15)#1,949 (11)
2023#3,984 (37)#2,201 (12)#1,582 (14)
2022#4,108 (35)#1,767 (16)#1,313 (18)
2021#4,090 (35)#1,628 (18)#2,021 (10)
2020#3,338 (46)#2,843 (8)#1,295 (18)
2019#4,162 (34)#1,703 (17)#2,025 (10)
2018#4,662 (29)#2,340 (11)#1,440 (16)
2017#4,147 (35)#2,925 (8)#1,673 (13)
2016#3,996 (37)#3,609 (6)#2,195 (9)
2015#4,232 (34)#2,945 (8)—
2014#4,178 (35)#3,160 (7)#2,374 (8)
2013#3,703 (41)#5,742 (3)#1,792 (12)
2012#5,398 (25)#2,969 (8)#1,695 (13)
2011#7,118 (17)#4,049 (5)#1,882 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #2,930.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1984.

How common is it?

about 1 in 33,000 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 33,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 5,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Layal is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 27,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 21,000 to 1 in 36,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Layal 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: #787MINew 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: #2,093CAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Layal (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#46610

Layal (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LayalCanadaGirls#1,03126
LayalEngland & WalesGirls#1,58419
LayalNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LayalNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
LayalUSGirls#3,21149