# Lailah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lailah/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,900 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6,900 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 436, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Rare spelling variant of Leila.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 396 | 703 |
| 2012 | 400 | 704 |
| 2013 | 414 | 684 |
| 2014 | 406 | 695 |
| 2015 | 408 | 699 |
| 2016 | 402 | 709 |
| 2017 | 345 | 794 |
| 2018 | 333 | 815 |
| 2019 | 274 | 963 |
| 2020 | 240 | 1,046 |
| 2021 | 204 | 1,192 |
| 2022 | 181 | 1,305 |
| 2023 | 218 | 1,124 |
| 2024 | 221 | 1,110 |
| 2025 | 131 | 1,602 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 24 | 1,295 |
| 2012 | 29 | 1,150 |
| 2013 | 20 | 1,537 |
| 2014 | 32 | 1,094 |
| 2015 | 34 | 1,033 |
| 2016 | 26 | 1,278 |
| 2017 | 19 | 1,628 |
| 2018 | 21 | 1,490 |
| 2019 | 17 | 1,703 |
| 2020 | 17 | 1,687 |
| 2021 | 15 | 1,866 |
| 2022 | 12 | 2,178 |
| 2023 | 13 | 2,063 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1,541 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,788 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.