Layana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- lay-AH-na
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,206 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,691 for girls
Layana is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 2,691st for girls in the US (64 babies).
Where does Layana come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps a variant of Liana
Is Layana a girl's or a boy's name?
Layana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 64 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Layana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,206th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 88% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Layana, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 17 girls.
Half of all the girls named Layana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 34 girls in the UK were given Layana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #950, up from #2,206 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.
Layana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,803 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,955 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
How popular is Layana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,691st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 64 about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 95% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 64 girls in the US were named Layana, making it the 2,691st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,734th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 119 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the girls named Layana in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 226 girls in the US were given Layana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #981, up from #2,691 for this spelling alone.
Layana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64 | #2,691 |
| 2024 | 100 | #1,966 |
| 2023 | 119 | #1,724 |
| 2022 | 58 | #2,894 |
| 2021 | 48 | #3,296 |
| 2020 | 39 | #3,734 |
| 2019 | 40 | #3,717 |
| 2018 | 66 | #2,610 |
| 2017 | 63 | #2,713 |
| 2016 | 35 | #4,156 |
| 2015 | 28 | #4,852 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 29 | #4,753 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,396 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,096 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
Names like Layana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Liyana, Ayra, Abeeha, Amira, Hafsa, Khadija, Raya, Nusaybah, Irha, Hiba, Halima
Other spellings of Layana
Names related to Layana
Layan, Layaan, Liyaana, Layne, Layna, Lanya, Lanayah, Layani, Layni, Lanaya, Laiana
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Layana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/layana, updated 20 October 2026.