Layanna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- lay-AH-na
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,264 for girls
Layanna is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,264th for girls in the US (33 babies).
Where does Layanna come from?
Modern: spelling of Layana; modern coinage, perhaps a variant of Liana
Meaning borrowed from Layana.
Is Layanna a girl's or a boy's name?
Layanna 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 Layanna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,264among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 33about 1 in 49,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 33 girls in the US were named Layanna, making it the 4,264th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,077th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 49 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Layanna in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 226 girls in the US were given Layanna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #981, up from #4,264 for this spelling alone.
Layanna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #4,264 |
| 2024 | 49 | #3,225 |
| 2023 | 36 | #4,045 |
| 2022 | 28 | #4,790 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 34 | #4,077 |
| 2019 | 26 | #5,039 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 36 | #4,065 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
Names like Layanna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amoura Lyanna Daleyza Zayla Zhamira Zaniyah Kaliyah Liyana Briella Amira Alara Zamira
Other spellings of Layanna
Names related to Layanna
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Layanna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/layanna, updated 20 October 2026.