girls:
725 births since 1978
#4991 (13th percentile)
overall:
725 births since 1978
#7014 (9th percentile)
The name Layana is the #7,014 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 725 recorded births since 1978. This represents the 9.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 9.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,991 (12.7% percentile) for all time with 725 births since 1978.
Layana first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1978 (first recorded for girls in 1978). Birth data for Layana is available in 22 out of the 46 years between 1978 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Layana reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 12.1% percentile (ranked #833) with 68 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 68 births per million (ranked 12.1% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Layana is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #833 (12.1% percentile) with 68 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Layana".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Layana. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 55.6% confident that Layana is pronounced as lay-AH-nuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is lai-UH-nuh, at 16.7% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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