Layali
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- lah-YAH-lee
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #5,237 for girls
Layali is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “nights”. In 2025 it ranked 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
What does Layali mean?
Arabic: plural of layla 'night'
“nights”
Is Layali a girl's or a boy's name?
Layali is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Layali in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,237among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 66% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Layali, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. It first appears in the records in 1999.
2025 had the most girls named Layali of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Layali in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Layali in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
Names like Layali
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Sariyah Zaniyah Zahara Safa Amira Kaliyah Hadassah Safiya Zainab Samiyah Zaliyah
Names related to Layali
More Arabic names
Muhammad Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo Liyana
Sources
Figures from 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, “Layali: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/layali, updated 20 October 2026.