Leiya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Leiya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
Where does Leiya come from?
Modern: variant of Leia, perhaps also of Leah
Is Leiya a girl's or a boy's name?
Leiya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leiya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 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, 3 girls in the UK were named Leiya, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2022, with 4 girls.
In 2025, 191 girls in the UK were given Leiya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #272, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Leiya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 2 | #7,600 |
How popular is Leiya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,837th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Leiya, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2007, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the girls named Leiya in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,399 girls in the US were given Leiya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #249, up from #6,837 for this spelling alone.
Leiya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 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 | 8 | #7,311 |
Names like Leiya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Zainab, Ayah, Hiba, Ayra, Rahma, Raya, Safaa, Aaliyah, Ayla, Aiza
Other spellings of Leiya
Names related to Leiya
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, “Leiya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/leiya, updated 20 October 2026.