Layan

What Layan means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Layan yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #279 vs #827 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Layan?

US: Rising: up from #1448 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1139 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 329 girls got the name (#827 that year). First in the US records in 1994.

How common

• About 1 in 4,885 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,554 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,982 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MI (0.98 per 1,000 girls), NY (0.68 per 1,000 girls), IL (0.52 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Layan is #827 in the US and #279 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Layan were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Liyan6 US · 10 E&W
• Leyan8 US · 3 E&W
• Lyan6 US · 4 E&W
• Layauna7 US
• Layanne6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Layan

Girls

• Emersyn#138Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #138 vs #3,705 in 2025
• Elaina#267Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #267 vs #951 in 2025
• Ximena#183Basque, meaning “son”^*
• Layla#36Editor’s note Down from #30 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US
• Gia#287Editor’s note Up from #372 in 2015 to #287 in 2025 in the US
• Poppy#292Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #7 vs #292 in 2025

For a brother

• Sebastian#16“august, venerable, exalted”^*
• Emiliano#94Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #94 vs #1,359 in 2025
• Julian#25“Roman personal name”^*
• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*
• Axel#79Editor’s note Up from #123 in 2015 to #79 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 410 US boys in the 2025 records
• Zayden#213Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 2000, with 11 babies

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Layan’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.