# Leilah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/leilah/  
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 | 4,241 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 4,241 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 396, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 215 | 1,140 |
| 2012 | 189 | 1,271 |
| 2013 | 204 | 1,182 |
| 2014 | 211 | 1,167 |
| 2015 | 196 | 1,251 |
| 2016 | 176 | 1,347 |
| 2017 | 205 | 1,194 |
| 2018 | 198 | 1,201 |
| 2019 | 168 | 1,354 |
| 2020 | 160 | 1,366 |
| 2021 | 162 | 1,367 |
| 2022 | 194 | 1,243 |
| 2023 | 157 | 1,423 |
| 2024 | 115 | 1,762 |
| 2025 | 125 | 1,660 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 1,545 |
| 2012 | 21 | 1,483 |
| 2013 | 16 | 1,774 |
| 2014 | 14 | 1,966 |
| 2015 | 29 | 1,168 |
| 2016 | 25 | 1,327 |
| 2017 | 17 | 1,733 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3,178 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2020 | 12 | 2,163 |
| 2021 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2022 | 12 | 2,178 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,346 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3,318 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

## 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.