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girls' name ★ peaked 2024

Layal

Gender Girl Rank 2025 #3,230 Trend ↑ Rising 35%

Layal, sometimes romanized as Layale, is an Arabic feminine given name.

Rank 2025
#3,230
among girls · ↓269 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
49
named Layal · -12% vs 2024
How common
1 in 32,801
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2024
56 babies
All-time total
817
#8,611 all-time among girls
First recorded
1984
in Social Security records

Layal popularity over time

817 babies have been named Layal since 1984, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.010.020.030.0418801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2024Girls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – –
1890s – – – –
1900s – – – –
1910s – – – –
1920s – – – –
1930s – – – –
1940s – – – –
1950s – – – –
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1970s – – – –
1980s 18 2 – #8,679
1990s 60 6 +233% #6,921
2000s 168 17 +180% #5,166
2010s 313 31 +86% #3,750
2020s (to 2025) 258 43 +37% #2,961

Where Layal is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 52 0.03 outside top 500
2027 55 0.03 outside top 500
2028 57 0.04 outside top 500
2029 60 0.04 outside top 500
2030 62 0.04 outside top 500

The story of Layal

Layal is rare for girls in the United States, ranked #3,230 in 2025 with 49 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1984, 817 American babies have been named Layal. Its peak came in 2024, when 56 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Layal stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Layal?

The median living Layal is about 10 years old; half are between 4 and 17. An estimated 800 people named Layal are alive in the United States today.

median 10 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Layal year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank
2025 49 #3,230
2024 56 #2,961
2023 37 #4,019
2022 35 #4,165
2021 35 #4,143
2020 46 #3,368
2019 34 #4,224
2018 29 #4,724
2017 35 #4,190
2016 37 #4,044
2015 34 #4,265
2014 35 #4,228
2013 41 #3,750
2012 25 #5,495
2011 17 #7,292
2010 26 #5,342
2009 28 #5,166
2008 25 #5,667
2007 17 #7,602
2006 24 #5,637
2005 16 #7,346
2004 17 #6,959
2003 9 #10,925
2002 11 #9,205
2001 7 #12,843
2000 14 #7,397
1995 9 #9,196
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Famous people named Layal

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Layal Abboud Layal Abboud Lebanese pop singer (born 1982) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Layal, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Layal?

The median living Layal is about 10 years old. Half of all living Layals are between 4 and 17 years old.

How many people named Layal are alive today?

An estimated 800 people named Layal are alive in the United States, based on 817 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Layal mean?

Layal, sometimes romanized as Layale, is an Arabic feminine given name.

How popular is the name Layal in 2025?

Layal ranked #3,230 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 49 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Layal?

817 babies have been named Layal in the United States since 1984, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Layal most popular?

Layal peaked in 2024, when 56 newborns received the name.

Is Layal a boy or girl name?

Layal is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Layal rising or falling?

Layal is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Layal become more popular?

Layal is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 62 girls named Layal in 2030, which would rank outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Layal?

Well-known people named Layal include Layal Abboud (singer).

Names like Layal

Names that sound and feel close to Layal: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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