Layan
Girl · LAY-an · Arabic
Layan is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “softness, gentleness”. In 2025 it ranked 287th for girls in the UK (169 babies) and 827th for girls in the US (329 babies).
What does Layan mean?
Arabic: Arabic word name
“softness, gentleness”
- Say it
- LAY-an
Is Layan a girl's or a boy's name?
Layan is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 169 girls in the UK and 329 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Layan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #287among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 169about 1 in 1,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 113% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 169 girls in the UK were named Layan, making it the 287th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 639th.
2025 had the most girls named Layan of any year since it first appeared, in 2003.
Half of all the girls named Layan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 279th in England and Wales and 474th in Scotland.
Layan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 169 | #287 |
| 2024 | 117 | #407 |
| 2023 | 91 | #480 |
| 2022 | 95 | #485 |
| 2021 | 75 | #578 |
| 2020 | 65 | #639 |
| 2019 | 69 | #628 |
| 2018 | 43 | #923 |
| 2017 | 44 | #933 |
| 2016 | 38 | #1,014 |
| 2015 | 32 | #1,160 |
| 2014 | 29 | #1,235 |
| 2013 | 27 | #1,324 |
| 2012 | 27 | #1,293 |
| 2011 | 27 | #1,272 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,912 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,848 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
How popular is Layan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #827among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 329about 1 in 4,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 329 girls in the US were named Layan, making it the 827th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,105th. It first appears in the records in 1994.
2025 had the most girls named Layan of any year since it first appeared, in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Layan in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 337 girls in the US were given Layan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #787, up from #827 for this spelling alone.
- Layan 329
- Leyan 8
Layan in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 329 | #827 |
| 2024 | 245 | #1,027 |
| 2023 | 232 | #1,070 |
| 2022 | 247 | #1,034 |
| 2021 | 184 | #1,264 |
| 2020 | 221 | #1,105 |
| 2019 | 224 | #1,099 |
| 2018 | 175 | #1,299 |
| 2017 | 173 | #1,340 |
| 2016 | 175 | #1,353 |
| 2015 | 159 | #1,448 |
| 2014 | 152 | #1,471 |
| 2013 | 114 | #1,792 |
| 2012 | 106 | #1,886 |
| 2011 | 77 | #2,395 |
| 2010 | 72 | #2,538 |
| 2009 | 57 | #2,999 |
| 2008 | 50 | #3,315 |
| 2007 | 47 | #3,481 |
| 2006 | 48 | #3,367 |
| 2005 | 33 | #4,191 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,581 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
Names like Layan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Ayah Zainab Hafsa Nusaybah Hiba Ayat Ayra Liyana Rehmat Aaliyah Raya
Other spellings of Layan
Names related to Layan
Layaan Layne Layana Lyana Liyan Laynie Layna Laynee Laniya Layanna
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