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.
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 2004
Top girls' names in 2004
Top boys' names in 2004
More about 2004
girls
1,836,250 girls got a published name in 2004; 1 in 1,432 of them was named Laila, which outranked 98.7% of the 18,835 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,984,979 boys got a published name in 2004; 1 in 330,830 of them was named Laila, which outranked 24.8% of the 13,228 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #8,927Zohar7
- #8,927Zy7
- #8,927Zyshawn7
- #9,948Laila6
- #9,948Aadon6
- #9,948Aalim6
- #9,948Aamari6
- #11,356Aadin5
- #11,356Aareon5
- #11,356Aaronjosh5
Tied with 1,407 names at #9,948; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.