# Leyla (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/leyla/  
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 | 10,564 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 10,564 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,812, 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 | 376 | 735 |
| 2012 | 385 | 722 |
| 2013 | 447 | 626 |
| 2014 | 410 | 691 |
| 2015 | 361 | 783 |
| 2016 | 402 | 710 |
| 2017 | 485 | 620 |
| 2018 | 459 | 646 |
| 2019 | 401 | 713 |
| 2020 | 496 | 586 |
| 2021 | 440 | 672 |
| 2022 | 504 | 594 |
| 2023 | 493 | 604 |
| 2024 | 504 | 600 |
| 2025 | 478 | 611 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 226 | 224 |
| 2012 | 144 | 337 |
| 2013 | 105 | 406 |
| 2014 | 106 | 406 |
| 2015 | 93 | 467 |
| 2016 | 94 | 466 |
| 2017 | 114 | 391 |
| 2018 | 99 | 440 |
| 2019 | 85 | 485 |
| 2020 | 101 | 419 |
| 2021 | 99 | 443 |
| 2022 | 105 | 400 |
| 2023 | 98 | 417 |
| 2024 | 118 | 369 |
| 2025 | 101 | 403 |

## People named Leyla

- Leyla Mammadbeyova, Azerbaijani and Soviet aviator (1909-1989)
- Leyla Alieva, Azerbaijani journalist
- Leyla Aliyeva, Azerbaijani television-presenter, born 1986
- Leyla Hussein, British psychotherapist and social activist
- Leyla Yunus, Azerbaijani activist
- Leyla Milani, Canadian actor and model
- Leyla Badirbeyli, Azerbaijani actress (1920–1999)
- Leyla Belyalova, academic and ecologist
- Leyla Vakilova, Azerbaijani ballerina (1927–1999)
- Leyla McCalla, American musician, singer, songwriter and cellist
- Leyla Shikhlinskaya, Azerbaijani actress
- Leyla Abdullayeva, Azerbaijani diplomat

## 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.