Leyna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LAY-na
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,675 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,167 for girls
Leyna is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 3,167th for girls in the US (50 babies).
Where does Leyna come from?
Greek: spelling of Lena, short for Helena or Magdalena
Is Leyna a girl's or a boy's name?
Leyna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 50 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leyna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,675th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Leyna, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th.
2025 had the most girls named Leyna of any year since it first appeared, in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Leyna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 18 girls in the UK were given Leyna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,459, up from #2,675 for this spelling alone.
- Leyna 10
- Layna 8
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Leyna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
How popular is Leyna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,167th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 50 about 1 in 32,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 50 girls in the US were named Leyna, making it the 3,167th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,179th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 117 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the girls named Leyna in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 235 girls in the US were given Leyna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #968, up from #3,167 for this spelling alone.
Leyna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #3,167 |
| 2024 | 36 | #4,038 |
| 2023 | 66 | #2,646 |
| 2022 | 61 | #2,792 |
| 2021 | 47 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 49 | #3,179 |
| 2019 | 55 | #2,962 |
| 2018 | 42 | #3,613 |
| 2017 | 55 | #2,964 |
| 2016 | 73 | #2,479 |
| 2015 | 73 | #2,471 |
| 2014 | 76 | #2,391 |
| 2013 | 106 | #1,888 |
| 2012 | 100 | #1,955 |
| 2011 | 93 | #2,073 |
| 2010 | 91 | #2,152 |
| 2009 | 75 | #2,509 |
| 2008 | 72 | #2,584 |
| 2007 | 117 | #1,815 |
| 2006 | 117 | #1,771 |
| 2005 | 99 | #1,932 |
| 2004 | 71 | #2,393 |
| 2003 | 60 | #2,635 |
| 2002 | 38 | #3,519 |
| 2001 | 31 | #4,021 |
| 2000 | 30 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,644 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,060 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,456 |
| 1985 | 21 | #3,851 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 29 | #2,909 |
| 1982 | 32 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 41 | #2,375 |
| 1980 | 26 | #3,215 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
Names like Leyna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lyra, Layla, Lara, Lyla, Sienna, Luna, Zara, Ayla, Lainey, Isla, Myla, Ava
Other spellings of Leyna
Names related to Leyna
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
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, “Leyna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/leyna, updated 20 October 2026.