Layaan
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- lay-AAN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #945 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Layaan is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “softness, gentleness”. In 2025 it ranked 945th for girls in the UK (39 babies) and 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Layaan mean?
Arabic: spelling of Layan
“softness, gentleness”
A spelling of Layan, from the Arabic root meaning soft, tender or gentle.
Is Layaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Layaan is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 39 girls in the UK and 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Layaan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #945among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 39about 1 in 7,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 493% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 39 girls in the UK were named Layaan, making it the 945th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most girls named Layaan of any year since it first appeared, in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Layaan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 894th in England and Wales.
Layaan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #945 |
| 2024 | 29 | #1,208 |
| 2023 | 21 | #1,560 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 2 | #6,098 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
How popular is Layaan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Layaan, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. It first appears in the records in 2009.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Layaan of any year since it first appeared, in 2009.
Half of all the girls named Layaan in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Layaan in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
Names like Layaan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Nusaybah Zainab Ayah Hafsa Rehmat Abeeha Rahma Safaa Hiba Ruqayyah Izzah
Names related to Layaan
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Layaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/layaan, updated 20 October 2026.