Girls' name · since 2009
Layiah
Layiah has 57 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #33,493 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 57
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Layiah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 57 recorded since 2009.
Layiah has 57 recorded births among girls since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2021.
- #33,493 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 57 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Layiah ranks #33,493 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 57 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #33,493 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 57
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Layiah's 57 recorded births place it above 53.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Layiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Layiah's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2009, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2017 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Layiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2021
- Peak year (2017)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Layiah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (40 births, 70% of the file).
2010s was Layiah's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Layiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
40 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 40 births (70% of all-time use).
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- Layiah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (40 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Layiah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~12 yrs)
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, 2009–2021 (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 Layiah 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.