Layth
Laith is a name that is an Arabic epithet for "lion". It also comes from a variant in Scottish from Leith, a placename element from Scottish Gaelic laith meaning "liquid", likely borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *lleɨθ "moist". See Water of Leith. Notable people with the name include:
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Layth
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Laith is a name that is an Arabic epithet for "lion". It also comes from a variant in Scottish from Leith, a placename element from Scottish Gaelic laith meaning "liquid", likely borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *lleɨθ "moist". See Water of Leith. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Layth
American parents first put Layth on the record books as a baby boy name in 1987, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2024, when 61 Layths were born — ranking #2,303 that year. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 37% of all recorded Layths. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #2,420 among baby boy names with 58 births, rising sharply (+26% over the past five years). In total, more than 956 Layths have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Layth
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About the name Layth
Layth is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1987 and has accumulated 956 births in the dataset. Layth's peak popularity came in 2024 when it ranked #2,303. Use the chart and map above to compare Layth's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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