Girls' name · since 1994
Layan
3,225 babies named Layan in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,441 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #831 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,225
- born since 1994
- 2020s
- peak decade
3,225 babies have been named Layan since 1994, making it today's #831 girls' name.
Layan has 3,225 recorded births among girls since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #831 as of the latest data, more common than 95% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2025.
- #3,441 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #831 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,225 born since 1994
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Layan ranks #3,441 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #831 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,225 born since 1994, peaking in the 2020s.
- #3,441 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #831 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,225
- born since 1994
- 2020s
- peak decade
Layan's 3,225 recorded births place it above 95.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
23 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Layan compares
3,225 Top 18% higher than 82% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Layan's all-time total is 9x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Layan | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,225 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 329 | 21 | 19,840 |
Layan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Layan's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 85% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 15%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1994, with only 7 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 329, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Layan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 329
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Layan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,458 births, 45% of the file).
2020s was Layan's strongest decade.
1,458 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Layan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 15
1990s
15 births
- 2000s 325
2000s
325 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,427 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,458 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,458 births (45% of all-time use).
How Layan compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Layan's total volume
Layan by state
Where Layan concentrates geographically, total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 378 | 11.7% |
| #2 | Michigan | | 363 | 11.3% |
| #3 | California | | 338 | 10.5% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 266 | 8.2% |
| #5 | Texas | | 242 | 7.5% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 136 | 4.2% |
| #7 | Florida | | 133 | 4.1% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 131 | 4.1% |
378 of 3,225 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Layan appears in 23 states. Explore state details →
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- New York records the most Layans (378 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Layan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1994–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Layan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.