Layana
Layana was the 2710th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 64 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 1733rd with 119 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,221 places. More babies were named Layana in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,710 girls, up 1,046 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 64girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2023119 babies
- Total since 1880
- 889babies recorded
Layana popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
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| 2025 | #2,710 | 64 |
| 2020 | #3,756 | 39 |
| 2010 | #7,084 | 18 |
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How popular is Layana, counting every spelling?
Layana is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,096 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,710 for Layana on its own. Together these spellings went to 204 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Layana | 64 | #2,710 | 389 |
| Leiana | 55 | #3,013 | 279 |
| Layanna | 33 | #4,306 | 167 |
| Leianna | 28 | #4,825 | 146 |
| Laiana | 13 | #8,130 | 98 |
| Laianna | 5 | #16,235 | 45 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Layana?
64 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Layana (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Layana 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 131 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Layana.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Layana?
About 900 people born in the US named Layana are alive today, with a median age of 7; half are between 3 and 12. That makes Layana 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.
Layana by state
How common Layana was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 37 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
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Questions about the name Layana
How popular is the name Layana?
Layana was the 2710th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 64 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 1733rd with 119 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,221 places. More babies were named Layana in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Layana a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Layana in the US.
Where is Layana most popular?
In 2021–2025, Layana was most common in Michigan (0.09 per 1,000 girls), followed by Illinois and South Carolina.