Laya
Girl · LAY-a · Sanskrit
Laya is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “rhythm, tempo”. In 2025 it ranked 1,247th for girls in the UK (27 babies) and 1,540th for girls in the US (137 babies).
What does Laya mean?
Sanskrit
“rhythm, tempo”
In Indian classical music, laya is the term for tempo; the word can also mean absorption or dissolution.
- Say it
- LAY-a
Is Laya a girl's or a boy's name?
Laya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 girls in the UK and 137 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Laya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,247among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 10,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 27 girls in the UK were named Laya, making it the 1,247th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 27 girls.
2025 had more girls named Laya than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Laya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 191 girls in the UK were given Laya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #272, up from #1,247 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,362nd in England and Wales and 632nd in Scotland.
Laya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #1,247 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,881 |
| 2023 | 22 | #1,497 |
| 2022 | 18 | #1,730 |
| 2021 | 23 | #1,448 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2018 | 27 | #1,298 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 21 | #1,605 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,900 |
| 2014 | 22 | #1,494 |
| 2013 | 24 | #1,433 |
| 2012 | 27 | #1,293 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,917 |
| 2010 | 12 | #2,234 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,621 |
| 2008 | 13 | #2,046 |
| 2007 | 2 | #6,929 |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
How popular is Laya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,540among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 137about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 137 girls in the US were named Laya, making it the 1,540th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,908th. It first appears in the records in 1964.
2025 had the most girls named Laya of any year since it first appeared, in 1964.
Half of all the girls named Laya in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,399 girls in the US were given Laya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #249, up from #1,540 for this spelling alone.
Laya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 137 | #1,540 |
| 2024 | 89 | #2,134 |
| 2023 | 97 | #2,020 |
| 2022 | 84 | #2,228 |
| 2021 | 96 | #2,007 |
| 2020 | 100 | #1,908 |
| 2019 | 106 | #1,888 |
| 2018 | 95 | #2,048 |
| 2017 | 86 | #2,200 |
| 2016 | 99 | #1,996 |
| 2015 | 99 | #1,996 |
| 2014 | 84 | #2,236 |
| 2013 | 81 | #2,279 |
| 2012 | 71 | #2,548 |
| 2011 | 77 | #2,395 |
| 2010 | 83 | #2,296 |
| 2009 | 71 | #2,591 |
| 2008 | 57 | #3,016 |
| 2007 | 55 | #3,125 |
| 2006 | 49 | #3,315 |
| 2005 | 43 | #3,457 |
| 2004 | 32 | #4,283 |
| 2003 | 40 | #3,528 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,902 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
Names like Laya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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