Layal
Layal was the 3230th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 49 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2961st with 56 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,035 places. More babies were named Layal in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,230 girls, up 138 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 49girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202456 babies
- Total since 1880
- 817babies recorded
Layal popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,230 | 49 |
| 2020 | #3,368 | 46 |
| 2010 | #5,342 | 26 |
| 2000 | #7,397 | 14 |
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How popular is Layal, counting every spelling?
Layal has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Layal?
49 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Layal (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Layal born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 171 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Layal.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Layal?
About 800 people born in the US named Layal are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 5 and 18. That makes Layal a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Layal by state
How common Layal was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Michigan (9.9×). In 47 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Layal: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Layal, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Layal
How popular is the name Layal?
Layal was the 3230th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 49 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2961st with 56 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,035 places. More babies were named Layal in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Layal a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Layal in the US.
Where is Layal most popular?
In 2021–2025, Layal was most common in Michigan (0.26 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and New York.