Laila
#413 for girls in 2025, 755 births · Last seen for boys in 2013 at #12,136
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2009 · 2,379 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 43,484since 1884
Laila over time
Rank among girls' names. Laila has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #413 | 755 | — | |
| 2024 | #371 | 844 | — | |
| 2023 | #312 | 989 | — | |
| 2022 | #309 | 1,031 | — | |
| 2021 | #243 | 1,253 | — | |
| 2020 | #227 | 1,303 | — | |
| 2019 | #210 | 1,461 | — | |
| 2018 | #182 | 1,620 | — | |
| 2017 | #173 | 1,751 | — | |
| 2016 | #164 | 1,951 | — | |
| 2015 | #170 | 1,889 | — | |
| 2014 | #149 | 2,147 | — | |
| 2013 | #144 | 2,143 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #143 | 2,250 | #9,709 | 7 |
| 2011 | #141 | 2,198 | — | |
| 2010 | #140 | 2,249 | — | |
| 2009 | #135 | 2,379 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #140 | 2,414 | — | |
| 2007 | #148 | 2,365 | — | |
| 2006 | #236 | 1,445 | — | |
| 2005 | #234 | 1,453 | — | |
| 2004 | #250 | 1,282 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #249 | 1,306 | — | |
| 2002 | #369 | 801 | — | |
| 2001 | #453 | 612 | — | |
| 2000 | #643 | 389 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,159 | 168 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,341 | 131 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,434 | 116 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,478 | 111 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,456 | 110 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,707 | 87 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,590 | 96 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,548 | 100 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,537 | 101 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,828 | 78 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,717 | 79 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,986 | 60 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,918 | 59 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,539 | 79 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,666 | 70 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,459 | 79 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,496 | 76 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,900 | 56 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,615 | 72 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,735 | 64 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,832 | 58 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,669 | 63 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,976 | 49 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,638 | 60 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,586 | 62 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,709 | 53 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,805 | 47 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,222 | 34 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,874 | 24 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,856 | 24 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,768 | 23 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,789 | 21 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,085 | 17 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,191 | 29 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,744 | 20 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,475 | 25 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,424 | 25 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,414 | 25 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,904 | 18 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,869 | 17 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,376 | 23 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,823 | 17 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,493 | 12 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,971 | 15 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,363 | 20 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 | — | |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,352 | 15 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,161 | 14 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,831 | 10 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,425 | 13 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,191 | 15 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,768 | 11 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,169 | 17 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,474 | 14 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,018 | 19 | — | |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,637 | 26 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,476 | 31 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,666 | 25 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,445 | 29 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,102 | 17 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,847 | 19 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,485 | 25 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,523 | 23 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,344 | 22 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,766 | 12 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,620 | 12 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 | — | |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | — | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | — | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | — | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | — | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | #851 | 7 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Laila! It came in at #851, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1902, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Laila is popular in 1994
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#847 · 1 in 6,792
- New York#909 · 1 in 7,415
- Michigan#1,116 · 1 in 10,842
- Florida#1,458 · 1 in 14,904
- Illinois#1,468 · 1 in 14,847
Best ever in a state: #28 in District of Columbia, 2010.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #847 | 6 | 1 in 6,792 |
| New York | #909 | 15 | 1 in 7,415 |
| Michigan | #1,116 | 5 | 1 in 10,842 |
| Florida | #1,458 | 5 | 1 in 14,904 |
| Illinois | #1,468 | 5 | 1 in 14,847 |
| Texas | #1,486 | 9 | 1 in 15,109 |
| California | #1,777 | 12 | 1 in 20,209 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Laila
- 42 spots since 2024 (#371 → #413)
- 186 spots since 2020 (#227 → #413)
- 243 spots since 2015 (#170 → #413)
- Biggest jump: 516 spots in 2000 (#1,159 → #643)
- Biggest drop: 66 spots in 2022 (#243 → #309)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 2009 at #135 (2,379 births)
- Births halved by 2022, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 2000–2025
- Highest: 1 in 772 girls born in 2009 were named Laila (0.13%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,129 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
- 45.2% of all girls named Laila (19,659) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7 | #851 (1884) | #851 |
| 1890s | 10 | #1,437 (1893) | #1,517 |
| 1900s | 17 | #1,592 (1903) | #1,887 |
| 1910s | 175 | #1,344 (1914) | #1,672 |
| 1920s | 177 | #1,476 (1921) | #2,302 |
| 1930s | 107 | #2,161 (1933) | #2,684 |
| 1940s | 89 | #2,352 (1943) | #3,448 |
| 1950s | 136 | #2,363 (1953) | #3,025 |
| 1960s | 220 | #2,191 (1966) | #2,685 |
| 1970s | 474 | #1,586 (1975) | #2,017 |
| 1980s | 694 | #1,459 (1984) | #1,703 |
| 1990s | 1,098 | #1,159 (1999) | #1,508 |
| 2000s | 14,446 | #135 (2009) | #286 |
| 2010s | 19,659 | #140 (2010) | #162 |
| 2020s | 6,175 | #227 (2020) | #313 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Laila in 1994
Top girls' names in 1994
More about 1994
girls
1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 20,526 of them was named Laila, which outranked 89.2% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,688Shaneka88
- #1,688Shivani88
- #1,688Violeta88
- #1,707Laila87
- #1,707Amethyst87
- #1,707Britny87
- #1,707Codie87
- #1,714Andi86
- #1,714Autum86
- #1,714Blaire86
Tied with 6 names at #1,707; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.