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Layth

Layth is a distinctive choice, ranked #478 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Layth in their class.

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UK Rank 2025
#478
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About the Name Layth

Layth has never been more popular than it is right now, sitting at UK #630. The name has climbed 226 places in the last five years — a significant surge by any measure. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 1999.

Layth is fairly common in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Layth in their class.

⭐ Famous People Named Layth

Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about the name Layth

Unlikely. With around 81 UK babies named Layth per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Layth in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Layth is at its highest recorded position — #478 in 2025, with 81 births. In 2020 it ranked #856.
Layth is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Layth include: Layth Kharoub and Abu Layth. Short summaries for each appear below.
Layth does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Layths in the wild.
81
UK babies named Layth (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 378 places
Rank change (last 5 years)

🏫 Who else is in the room?

In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Layth

Almost certainly the only Layth in the class

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UK Popularity (1999–2025)

Rank and birth count · ONS official data

No US data available for this name

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About the Name Layth

Meaning
meaning "liquid", likely borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *lleɨθ "moist".

Famous People Named Layth

Notable people who share this name, from history to the present day. See full list on Wikipedia

Layth Kharoubb. 1991
Layth Ali Abdulrahim Kharoub is a Palestinian footballer who plays as a winger for Libyan Premier League club Al-Borouq and the Palestine national team.
Abu Layth
Nahiem Ajmal, commonly known by the kunya Abu Layth, is a British Islamic scholar.

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