# Laylah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/laylah/  
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 | 7,297 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 7,297 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 575, 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 | 411 | 685 |
| 2012 | 458 | 623 |
| 2013 | 446 | 630 |
| 2014 | 496 | 595 |
| 2015 | 405 | 706 |
| 2016 | 434 | 673 |
| 2017 | 391 | 730 |
| 2018 | 352 | 776 |
| 2019 | 334 | 818 |
| 2020 | 347 | 785 |
| 2021 | 315 | 866 |
| 2022 | 294 | 921 |
| 2023 | 261 | 983 |
| 2024 | 235 | 1,063 |
| 2025 | 179 | 1,254 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 32 | 1,067 |
| 2012 | 33 | 1,058 |
| 2013 | 41 | 900 |
| 2014 | 33 | 1,070 |
| 2015 | 27 | 1,240 |
| 2016 | 32 | 1,086 |
| 2017 | 26 | 1,296 |
| 2018 | 20 | 1,526 |
| 2019 | 25 | 1,292 |
| 2020 | 24 | 1,313 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,692 |
| 2022 | 24 | 1,326 |
| 2023 | 26 | 1,255 |
| 2024 | 30 | 1,128 |
| 2025 | 34 | 997 |

## 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.