# Leya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/leya/  
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 | Turkish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,705 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,705 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 552, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish Leya and Arabic لَيْيَا (layyā).

## 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 | 41 | 3,761 |
| 2012 | 35 | 4,258 |
| 2013 | 46 | 3,437 |
| 2014 | 46 | 3,464 |
| 2015 | 56 | 3,047 |
| 2016 | 63 | 2,750 |
| 2017 | 52 | 3,120 |
| 2018 | 52 | 3,141 |
| 2019 | 72 | 2,473 |
| 2020 | 65 | 2,614 |
| 2021 | 74 | 2,433 |
| 2022 | 67 | 2,621 |
| 2023 | 76 | 2,388 |
| 2024 | 79 | 2,338 |
| 2025 | 86 | 2,166 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | 1,608 |
| 2012 | 13 | 2,095 |
| 2013 | 19 | 1,587 |
| 2014 | 23 | 1,367 |
| 2015 | 16 | 1,783 |
| 2016 | 21 | 1,525 |
| 2017 | 21 | 1,512 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,977 |
| 2019 | 20 | 1,497 |
| 2020 | 31 | 1,065 |
| 2021 | 32 | 1,069 |
| 2022 | 28 | 1,180 |
| 2023 | 37 | 941 |
| 2024 | 39 | 918 |
| 2025 | 34 | 997 |

## 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.