# Lyla (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lyla/  
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 | /ˈleɪlə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 49,299 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 49,294 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 9,671, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A 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 | 2,416 | 127 |
| 2012 | 2,225 | 146 |
| 2013 | 2,082 | 154 |
| 2014 | 2,383 | 141 |
| 2015 | 2,276 | 141 |
| 2016 | 2,224 | 138 |
| 2017 | 2,269 | 131 |
| 2018 | 2,306 | 128 |
| 2019 | 2,449 | 121 |
| 2020 | 2,307 | 118 |
| 2021 | 2,521 | 110 |
| 2022 | 2,665 | 105 |
| 2023 | 2,659 | 99 |
| 2024 | 2,954 | 83 |
| 2025 | 3,089 | 80 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | 13,332 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 353 | 152 |
| 2012 | 431 | 132 |
| 2013 | 478 | 114 |
| 2014 | 497 | 113 |
| 2015 | 481 | 121 |
| 2016 | 553 | 104 |
| 2017 | 563 | 95 |
| 2018 | 539 | 97 |
| 2019 | 531 | 98 |
| 2020 | 517 | 97 |
| 2021 | 667 | 76 |
| 2022 | 620 | 80 |
| 2023 | 610 | 76 |
| 2024 | 634 | 74 |
| 2025 | 751 | 61 |

## 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.