Layana

Peak · girls
2023 · 119 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
889
since 1978

Layana over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Layana has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank200020102020peak #1,724, 2023girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it. Not on the chart: 6 girls in 1978 (see the data table).

Show data table
Yeargirls
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2025#2,69164
2024#1,966100
2023#1,724119
2022#2,89458
2021#3,29748
2020#3,73539
2019#3,71840
2018#2,61066
2017#2,71363
2016#4,15735
2015#4,85328
2014#5,79722
2013#4,75529
2012#5,39825
2011#5,72823
2010#6,90418
2009#5,09728
2008#7,07318
2007#9,53912
2006#7,14217
2005#11,8348
2004#7,39115
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First appearance
1978

The first year at least five girls were named Layana! It came in at #8,562, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1979–2001, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Layana is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,405 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,866 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedWIMichigan: #1,210 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,146 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,487 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 23,103 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Layana, so not publishedHITexas: #2,636 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 22,935 girlsTXFlorida: #1,685 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 12,395 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Michigan#1,210 · 1 in 7,146
  2. Illinois#1,405 · 1 in 8,866
  3. Florida#1,685 · 1 in 12,395
  4. California#2,487 · 1 in 23,103
  5. Texas#2,636 · 1 in 22,935

Best ever in a state: #698 in South Carolina, 2023.

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Michigan#1,21051 in 7,146
Illinois#1,40551 in 8,866
Florida#1,68571 in 12,395
California#2,48771 in 23,103
Texas#2,63671 in 22,935
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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See more about Layana
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 725 spots since 2024 (#1,966 → #2,691)
  • 1,044 spots since 2020 (#3,735 → #2,691)
Rise & fade · girls
45 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1978
  • Peaked 2023 at #1,724 (119 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,484
  • Highest: 1 in 13,484 girls born in 2023 were named Layana (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 25,114 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 48.1% of all girls named Layana (428) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s6#8,562 (1978)#8,562
1980s0——
1990s0——
2000s106#5,097 (2009)#8,455
2010s349#2,610 (2018)#4,663
2020s428#1,724 (2023)#2,718

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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