Layah is a modern spelling of Leah, the Hebrew name of Jacob's first wife, which is usually explained as "weary" and sometimes as "delicate"; others hear in it the Sanskrit Laya, "rhythm". The h ending aligns it with Aaliyah and Layla. Layah stood at number 9578 in 2000, rose to its best rank of 2075 in 2016 and sits at number 2948 in 2025.