girls:
3k births since 1947
#3159 (45th percentile)
overall:
3k births since 1947
#4940 (36th percentile)
The name Layna is the #4,940 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,021 recorded births since 1947. This represents the 36.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 36.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,159 (44.7% percentile) for all time with 3,021 births since 1947.
Layna first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1947 (first recorded for girls in 1947). Birth data for Layna is available in 68 out of the 77 years between 1947 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, Layna reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 14.3% percentile (ranked #829) with 73 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 73 births per million (ranked 14.3% percentile). Despite a low point in 2015, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Layna ranks #859 for girls (9.3% percentile) with 53 births per million, which is 72.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Layna".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Layna is pronounced as LAY-nuh, which has 2 syllables.
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