Layli
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LAY-lee
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Layli is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “night”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Layli mean?
Arabic: Persian form of Layla
“night”
Nizami's Persian poem Layli and Majnun, retelling an Arab love story, uses this form.
Is Layli a girl's or a boy's name?
Layli is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Layli in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Layli, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls.
2025 had the most girls named Layli of any year since it first appeared, in 2004.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Layli in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
How popular is Layli in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Layli, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2007, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the girls named Layli in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Layli in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
Names like Layli
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani, Kalani, Alani, Noa, Lexi, Milani, Kali, Lyla, Elani, Safa, Lowri, Zainab
Names related to Layli
Layla, Laylah, Layal, Lylia, Layali, Leyli, Laylee, Lalia, Laiyla
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Mohammed, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
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, “Layli: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/layli, updated 20 October 2026.