NameTides

Layan

Layan was the #827 girls' name in the US in 2025 (329 babies), and #279 in England & Wales and #276 in Canada.

Layan as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Layan as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesIrelandScotlandUS
Layan as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#827 (329)#279 (163)#474 (6)#443 (8)#276 (114)
2024#1,027 (245)#383 (113)#638 (4)#631 (5)#471 (64)
2023#1,070 (232)#471 (84)#439 (7)#555 (6)#448 (65)
2022#1,034 (247)#454 (93)—#559 (6)#474 (62)
2021#1,264 (184)#555 (72)#792 (3)#883 (3)#516 (57)
2020#1,105 (221)#617 (62)#765 (3)#544 (6)#466 (64)
2019#1,099 (224)#601 (66)#765 (3)—#506 (63)
2018#1,299 (175)#902 (41)——#564 (55)
2017#1,340 (173)#889 (43)——#680 (43)
2016#1,353 (175)#1,112 (31)#453 (7)#750 (4)#847 (32)
2015#1,448 (159)#1,139 (30)——#655 (45)
2014#1,471 (152)#1,204 (28)——#917 (29)
2013#1,792 (114)#1,291 (26)——#918 (29)
2012#1,886 (106)#1,297 (25)——#771 (36)
2011#2,395 (77)#1,225 (26)——#1,081 (23)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #827.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1994.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,900 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 4,900uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Layan is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,700 to 1 in 5,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Layan 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: #502MNIllinois: #455ILMichigan: #259MINew York: #317NYMassachusetts: 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: #644OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #718NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #628CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #926MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #465VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #676AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,138NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #677LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,213GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,006TXFlorida: #1,436FL
Layan (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#19729
Ontario2024#33338

Layan (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
LayanCanadaGirls#276114
LayanEngland & WalesGirls#279163
LayanIrelandGirls#4438
LayanNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LayanScotlandGirls#4746
LayanUSGirls#827329