NameTides

Layna

Layna was the #2,298 girls' name in the US in 2025 (79 babies), and #3,035 in England & Wales and #2,475 in Canada.

Layna as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Layna as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Layna as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#2,298 (79)#3,035 (8)———#2,475 (8)
2024#2,040 (95)#3,016 (8)———#1,617 (14)
2023#2,076 (93)#3,219 (7)———#1,108 (22)
2022#1,885 (107)———#905 (3)#3,228 (5)
2021#2,046 (94)#3,961 (5)—#446 (3)—#1,229 (20)
2020#1,830 (107)#2,843 (8)———#1,557 (14)
2019#1,755 (117)#3,541 (6)———#1,600 (14)
2018#1,748 (117)#3,178 (7)————
2017#1,738 (122)#3,583 (6)———#2,179 (9)
2016#1,757 (118)#3,214 (7)———#1,600 (14)
2015#1,872 (109)#2,705 (9)#806 (3)———
2014#1,526 (143)#4,003 (5)#681 (4)——#2,026 (10)
2013#1,646 (129)#5,742 (3)#816 (3)——#1,913 (11)
2012#1,674 (127)#3,681 (6)——#907 (3)#1,472 (16)
2011#1,804 (112)#2,893 (8)———#1,882 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2014 at #1,526.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1947.

How common is it?

about 1 in 20,000 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 20,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 31,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Layna is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 20,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 16,000 to 1 in 24,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Layna 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: #2,075NYMassachusetts: 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: #1,438OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: 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: #3,285TXFlorida: #1,887FL
Layna (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
LaynaCanadaGirls#2,4758
LaynaEngland & WalesGirls#3,0358
LaynaIrelandGirls—too few
LaynaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LaynaScotlandGirls—too few
LaynaUSGirls#2,29879