Leyda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LAY-dah
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Leyda is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Leyda mean?
Greek: probably a Spanish form of Leda
In Greek myth Leda was a queen of Sparta and the mother of Helen of Troy.
Is Leyda a girl's or a boy's name?
Leyda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leyda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Leyda, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1959.
2025 had fewer girls named Leyda than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Leyda in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Leyda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
Names like Leyda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Layla Ayla Lainey Kira Lyra Zaira Salma Safa Kiara Amira Mckenna Jayla
Names related to Leyda
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe
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, “Leyda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/leyda, updated 20 October 2026.