Layan — #1025 US girls' name
2,896 babies named Layan in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 94% of names given to girls today.
49% of everyone ever named Layan was born in this single decade.
247 babies were named Layan in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Layan
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,896 babies named Layan between 1994 and 2024, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Layan currently holds the #1025 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 247 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Layan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,427 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Layan shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 328 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Layan in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Layan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,896 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Layan at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Layan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1994
- Peak year (2022)
- 247
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
Currently ranks #1025 among girls.
2,896 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 247 births in a single year.
Layan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,427 births that decade — 49% of Layan's all-time total
Layan decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,427 births
- Runner-up 1,129 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Layan's strongest decade
1,427 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Layan by state
Where Layan concentrates geographically — total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 328 | 11.3% |
| #2 | New York | | 325 | 11.2% |
| #3 | California | | 288 | 9.9% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 243 | 8.4% |
| #5 | Texas | | 214 | 7.4% |
| #6 | Florida | | 124 | 4.3% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 121 | 4.2% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 114 | 3.9% |
328 of 2,896 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Michigan 11.3% of nationwide
- New York 11.2% of nationwide
- California 9.9% of nationwide
- Illinois 8.4% of nationwide
- Texas 7.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 22 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Michigan accounts for 11.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Layan appears in 22 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1994–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.