girl's name
Layya
- Gender Girl
- Letters 5
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 50
Layya is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 5 babies in France. It is a rare choice.
- Peaked in France in 2025, when 15 babies were given the name.
- Its usage has held steady over the past decade in France.
- Today about 1 in 117,911 babies in France is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 2010.
Layya over time
Births per decade in France, 2010s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
Show the numbers
| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 2010s | 25 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 25 |
How popular is Layya?
In 2025, Layya was given to 5 babies in France. It is a rare choice.
French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.
How Layya is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Layyâ | Layyâ is a rare spelling of Layya, written with a circumflex and recorded about 10 times, mostly in France. | 10 |
Names that peaked alongside Layya
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Layya also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Layya over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Layya
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Layya — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Layya
Is Layya a girl's or a boy's name?
Layya is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Layya most popular?
Layya peaked in 2025, when 15 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
Is Layya a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Layya currently ranks #2,682 in France. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.