Layra — girls' name
41 babies named Layra in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
41 girls have been named Layra since 2008, peaking in the 2020s, last recorded in 2023.
- 41
- total births
- 2008–2023
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 46%
- born in that decade
46% of everyone ever named Layra was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Layra in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Layra
The Social Security Administration has registered 41 babies named Layra between 2008 and 2023, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Layra currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Layra performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Layra shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Layra 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 41 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.
Layra at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Layra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2008
- Peak year (2023)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
41 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 8 births in a single year.
Layra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 19 births that decade — 46% of Layra's all-time total
Layra decade highlights
- Peak decade 19 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Layra's strongest decade
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
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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, 2008–2023 (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.