Layani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- lay-AH-nee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,264 for girls
Layani is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,264th for girls in the US (33 babies).
Where does Layani come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps influenced by Leilani and Layla
Is Layani a girl's or a boy's name?
Layani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 33 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Layani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,264among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 33about 1 in 49,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 33 girls in the US were named Layani, making it the 4,264th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,261st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 36 girls. It first appears in the records in 2009.
Half of all the girls named Layani in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 102 girls in the US were given Layani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,669, up from #4,264 for this spelling alone.
Layani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #4,264 |
| 2024 | 27 | #4,890 |
| 2023 | 35 | #4,112 |
| 2022 | 36 | #4,039 |
| 2021 | 31 | #4,409 |
| 2020 | 32 | #4,261 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
Names like Layani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani Malani Kaylani Naylani Khaleesi Jaylani Jalani Adhara Saanvi Meilani Avani Savani
Other spellings of Layani
Names related to Layani
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
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, “Layani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/layani, updated 20 October 2026.