Leyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LAY-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,757 for girls
Leyah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 4,757th for girls in the US (28 babies).
Where does Leyah come from?
Hebrew: spelling of Leya; probably a spelling of Leah or Leia
Meaning borrowed from Leya. More on Wiktionary.
Is Leyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Leyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 28 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leyah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Leyah, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Leyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 191 girls in the UK were given Leyah 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.
Leyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 2 | #7,447 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,755 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
How popular is Leyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,757among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 57,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the US were named Leyah, making it the 4,757th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,399th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 83 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Leyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,399 girls in the US were given Leyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #249, up from #4,757 for this spelling alone.
Leyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #4,757 |
| 2024 | 39 | #3,822 |
| 2023 | 28 | #4,743 |
| 2022 | 34 | #4,200 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,933 |
| 2020 | 45 | #3,399 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,922 |
| 2018 | 45 | #3,437 |
| 2017 | 54 | #3,014 |
| 2016 | 53 | #3,100 |
| 2015 | 61 | #2,846 |
| 2014 | 67 | #2,613 |
| 2013 | 76 | #2,385 |
| 2012 | 72 | #2,516 |
| 2011 | 83 | #2,258 |
| 2010 | 82 | #2,313 |
| 2009 | 55 | #3,087 |
| 2008 | 54 | #3,119 |
| 2007 | 42 | #3,785 |
| 2006 | 33 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 46 | #3,313 |
| 2004 | 38 | #3,744 |
| 2003 | 33 | #4,030 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,902 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
Names like Leyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Ayah Zainab Aaliyah Hafsa Raya Hiba Sumayyah Nusaybah Hawa Ayra Rahma
Other spellings of Leyah
Names related to Leyah
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
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, “Leyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/leyah, updated 20 October 2026.