# Lylah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lylah/  
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 | 8,547 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 8,547 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 910, 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 | 445 | 643 |
| 2012 | 450 | 635 |
| 2013 | 440 | 641 |
| 2014 | 469 | 615 |
| 2015 | 453 | 632 |
| 2016 | 418 | 695 |
| 2017 | 460 | 641 |
| 2018 | 471 | 634 |
| 2019 | 463 | 636 |
| 2020 | 489 | 594 |
| 2021 | 522 | 581 |
| 2022 | 514 | 583 |
| 2023 | 493 | 605 |
| 2024 | 556 | 545 |
| 2025 | 503 | 585 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 30 | 1,117 |
| 2012 | 33 | 1,058 |
| 2013 | 30 | 1,148 |
| 2014 | 52 | 750 |
| 2015 | 35 | 1,007 |
| 2016 | 46 | 822 |
| 2017 | 62 | 666 |
| 2018 | 52 | 755 |
| 2019 | 58 | 670 |
| 2020 | 50 | 735 |
| 2021 | 85 | 496 |
| 2022 | 76 | 518 |
| 2023 | 64 | 592 |
| 2024 | 72 | 539 |
| 2025 | 85 | 468 |

## 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.