Layna

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Layna: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Layna: Recorded since 1996, it reached #446 in 2021, and it stood at #3,015 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#446highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#3174
1998	#3848
2000	#2167
2001	#3998
2002	#4137
2004	#3725
2005	#2438
2006	#3548
2007	#2410
2008	#3397
2009	#3422
2010	#4012
2011	#2893
2012	#3681
2013	#5742
2014	#4003
2015	#2705
2016	#3214
2017	#3583
2018	#3178
2019	#3541
2020	#2843
2021	#3961
2023	#3218
2024	#3015

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 26 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2021: #446 among girls in Northern Ireland, #3961 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Layna appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 26 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 152 births with the name.

Layna across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Layna's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3126 (1996)	#2167 (2000)	#3015 (2024)	26 of 29	152 (1996–2024)	9 (2007)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#907 (2012)	#905 (2022)	#905 (2022)	2 of 11	6 (2012–2022)	3 (2012)

Layna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Layna in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	11	3 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	51	9 of 10	6
2010s	62	10 of 10	6
2020s	28	4 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Layna appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #446 in Northern Ireland in 2021.

Layna's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3218	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2438	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#446	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #446, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2012, and 25 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Laylah · #540, 28y
Layland · #1935, 16y
Layne · #790, 26y
Laynie · #2432, 20y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Anabella · #446, 23y
Emie · #446, 25y
Riva · #446, 25y
Kalina · #444, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Jovan · #446, 29y
Riva · #446, 25y
Ashanti · #445, 29y
Gianni · #445, 29y

Layna was ranked #446 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2021. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Layna and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Layna without appearing here.

Layna moved ahead of

Tyler Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4003 and #3160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2705 and #5730.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #5493.
Cooper Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #2643 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #5493.
Finlay Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5742 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #3214 and #5785.

Moved ahead of Layna

Liv Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2167 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #4137 and #2105.
Eabha Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3214 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3583 and #2201.
Selma Compare
In 1996 they stood at #3126 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3174 and #1958.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #1939.

Moved the same way as Layna

Fiadh Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Layna went from #5742 to #3015 and Fiadh from #5742 to #374.
Noah Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Layna went from #5742 to #3015 and Noah from #5742 to #1743.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #446 in Northern Ireland in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Layna

Layna at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Layna across 2 official records

Layna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Layna appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Layna at a glance

Layna across 2 official records

Layna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Layna and the names beside it

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