Girls' name · since 2009
Layani
341 babies named Layani in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,856 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,340 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 341
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
341 babies have been named Layani since 2009, making it today's #4340 girls' name.
Layani has 341 recorded births among girls since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4340 as of the latest data, more common than 75% 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 2009 to 2025.
- #14,856 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,340 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 341 born since 2009
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Layani ranks #14,856 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,340 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 341 born since 2009, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,856 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,340 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 341
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Layani's 341 recorded births place it above 79.43% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Layani compares
341 48th percentile among 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
Layani's all-time total is 9% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Layani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 341 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 36 | 21 | 19,840 |
Layani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Layani splits its recorded history at 2017: 75% of all births land in the more recent half, 25% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2011 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 36 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Layani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 36
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Layani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (194 births, 57% of the file).
2020s was Layani's strongest decade.
194 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Layani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 9
2000s
9 births
- 2010s
2010s
138 births
- 2020s
2020s
194 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 194 births (57% of all-time use).
Layani by state
Where Layani concentrates geographically, total births since 2009
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 12 | 3.5% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 10 | 2.9% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 5 | 1.5% |
| #4 | Texas | | 5 | 1.5% |
12 of 341 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- Florida records the most Layanis (12 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida 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 Layani: 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, 2009–2025 (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 Layani 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.