Layah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LAY-a
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,933 for girls
Layah is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “rhythm, tempo”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 2,933rd for girls in the US (57 babies).
What does Layah mean?
Sanskrit: spelling of Laya
“rhythm, tempo”
In Indian classical music, laya is the term for tempo; the word can also mean absorption or dissolution.
Meaning borrowed from Laya.
Is Layah a girl's or a boy's name?
Layah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 57 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Layah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Layah, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Layah 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 Layah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #272, up from #3,101 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Layah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,481 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 2 | #6,929 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Layah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,933among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 57about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 57 girls in the US were named Layah, making it the 2,933rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,468th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 95 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Layah in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,399 girls in the US were given Layah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #249, up from #2,933 for this spelling alone.
Layah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57 | #2,933 |
| 2024 | 48 | #3,277 |
| 2023 | 67 | #2,614 |
| 2022 | 52 | #3,123 |
| 2021 | 66 | #2,608 |
| 2020 | 70 | #2,468 |
| 2019 | 68 | #2,561 |
| 2018 | 81 | #2,254 |
| 2017 | 72 | #2,487 |
| 2016 | 95 | #2,068 |
| 2015 | 75 | #2,431 |
| 2014 | 85 | #2,213 |
| 2013 | 79 | #2,326 |
| 2012 | 76 | #2,426 |
| 2011 | 56 | #3,013 |
| 2010 | 39 | #3,888 |
| 2009 | 57 | #2,999 |
| 2008 | 33 | #4,549 |
| 2007 | 33 | #4,474 |
| 2006 | 28 | #4,952 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
Names like Layah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Ayah Zainab Aaliyah Hafsa Nusaybah Hiba Sumayyah Ruqayyah Rahma Safaa Abeeha
Other spellings of Layah
Names related to Layah
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya
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, “Layah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/layah, updated 20 October 2026.