Layna Girl
How popular is Layna?
#2,298 girl name in 2025
79 baby girls were named Layna in the US in 2025, making it the 2298th most popular girl name.
Layna popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,298 for girls (▼ 258 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 79 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-28% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,872 in 2015, #1,830 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2014 (143 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,526 in 2014 |
| First recorded | 1947 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Layna counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Layna family of names ranked #1,188 for girls in 2025 (#1,109 the year before), with 153 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Layna | 79 | 52% |
| Laina | 74 | 48% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Layna is most popular
Babies named Layna per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (26 girls)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (26 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (32 girls)
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- Wisconsin: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Layna by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1950s | 46 | #3,777 |
| 1960s | 94 | #2,751 |
| 1970s | 106 | #3,404 |
| 1980s | 167 | #3,560 |
| 1990s | 228 | #3,623 |
| 2000s | 745 | #1,695 |
| 2010s | 1,230 | #1,526 |
| 2020s | 575 | #1,830 |
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Questions
- Is Layna a boy or girl name?
- Layna is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Layna were girls.
- How popular is the name Layna?
- 79 baby girls were named Layna in the US in 2025, making it the 2298th most popular girl name.
- When was Layna most popular?
- Layna peaked in 2014, when 143 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,526 in 2014.
- How many people are named Layna?
- 3,196 babies have been named Layna in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,149 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Layna most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Layna was most common in Pennsylvania, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.