Layth
Layth was the 2342nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 59 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2331st with 61 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 785 places. More babies were named Layth in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Laith) lion · Arabic
- Rank in 2025
- #2,342 boys, up 1,042 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 59boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202461 babies
- Total since 1880
- 901babies recorded
What does the name Layth mean?
Layth is a spelling of Laith, pronounced the same way, so it shares Laith's meaning and origin.
Laith is the Arabic noun layth (لَيْث), 'lion', used as a man's name; it is also spelled Layth. Wiktionary compares Aramaic lēṯā and Hebrew láyish, words for the lion in the related Semitic languages. Wikipedia mentions a separate, much rarer Scottish source: a variant of Leith, from a Gaelic place-name element meaning 'liquid' or 'moist', as in the Water of Leith.
لَيْث (Arabic, “lion”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Layth, Leith.
See also: Arabic names, names that mean an animal.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Laith', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Wiktionary, entry 'ليث' (Arabic section), Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Wikipedia, 'Laith', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation)
Layth popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,342 | 59 |
| 2020 | #3,384 | 33 |
| 2010 | #3,680 | 29 |
| 2000 | #5,470 | 13 |
| 1990 | #6,874 | 7 |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Layth, counting every spelling?
Layth is a spelling of Laith, a name family that ranked #747 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,342 for Layth on its own. Together these spellings went to 335 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laith | 266 | #896 | 1,072 |
| Layth | 59 | #2,342 | 230 |
| Leith | 10 | #7,998 | 63 |
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 Layth?
59 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Layth (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Layth 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 142 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Layth.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Layth?
About 900 people born in the US named Layth are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 5 and 19. That makes Layth 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.
Layth by state
How common Layth was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New York (1.9×). In 46 states fewer than five boys 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 Layth: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Layth, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Layth
What does Layth mean?
Layth is a spelling of Laith, which means “lion” (Arabic origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Layth?
Layth was the 2342nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 59 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2331st with 61 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 785 places. More babies were named Layth in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Layth a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Layth in the US.
Where is Layth most popular?
In 2021–2025, Layth was most common in New York (0.05 per 1,000 boys), followed by California and Illinois.