# Laya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/laya/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,102 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,102 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 304, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 77 | 2,402 |
| 2012 | 71 | 2,555 |
| 2013 | 81 | 2,293 |
| 2014 | 84 | 2,245 |
| 2015 | 99 | 2,004 |
| 2016 | 99 | 2,009 |
| 2017 | 86 | 2,212 |
| 2018 | 95 | 2,054 |
| 2019 | 106 | 1,896 |
| 2020 | 100 | 1,917 |
| 2021 | 96 | 2,018 |
| 2022 | 84 | 2,238 |
| 2023 | 97 | 2,029 |
| 2024 | 89 | 2,148 |
| 2025 | 137 | 1,543 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 2,150 |
| 2012 | 22 | 1,428 |
| 2013 | 19 | 1,587 |
| 2014 | 18 | 1,628 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,961 |
| 2016 | 19 | 1,635 |
| 2017 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2018 | 23 | 1,393 |
| 2019 | 13 | 2,040 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,449 |
| 2021 | 20 | 1,505 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1,849 |
| 2023 | 19 | 1,575 |
| 2024 | 16 | 1,819 |
| 2025 | 23 | 1,362 |

## People named Laya

- Laya Raki, German actress (1927-2018)
- Laya Lewis, British actress
- Laya Francis, cricketer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.