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“Variant of Laia — Fair of speech; well spoken” — Catalan, ultimately Ancient Greek origin
Girl's name · #2948 in the US (2025) · 2010s
Layah reached #2075 in 2016 and has eased to #2948 since. About 1,400 girls have carried it since 1995. Together with its spelling variants Laya (#1543) and Laia (#2182), Layah would rank around #933 with about 280 births last year — the newborns split about 50/30/20 across Laya, Laia, and Layah.
Around the world: about 1 in 8,200 girls in France (2025) · about 1 in 15,000 girls in Canada (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 3 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Similar names: Laya · Harmonie · Lailah · Aalayah · Halia · Luca
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