Layla
#36 for girls in 2025, 5,338 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #9,894
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2019 · 6,523 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 20 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 129,136since 1950
Layla over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #36 | 5,338 | — | |
| 2024 | #37 | 5,325 | #9,894 | 7 |
| 2023 | #30 | 5,703 | — | |
| 2022 | #29 | 6,096 | — | |
| 2021 | #24 | 6,356 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | #24 | 6,228 | — | |
| 2019 | #23 | 6,523 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #27 | 6,512 | — | |
| 2017 | #26 | 6,335 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | #30 | 6,300 | — | |
| 2015 | #30 | 6,348 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #29 | 6,466 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #30 | 6,490 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #31 | 6,279 | #8,864 | 8 |
| 2011 | #35 | 6,088 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2010 | #36 | 5,901 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #45 | 5,212 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #55 | 4,931 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #85 | 3,903 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | #100 | 3,362 | #9,585 | 7 |
| 2005 | #144 | 2,384 | — | |
| 2004 | #167 | 2,012 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #195 | 1,687 | — | |
| 2002 | #291 | 1,073 | — | |
| 2001 | #328 | 947 | — | |
| 2000 | #407 | 698 | — | |
| 1999 | #654 | 351 | — | |
| 1998 | #859 | 247 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,013 | 190 | — | |
| 1996 | #913 | 215 | — | |
| 1995 | #832 | 235 | — | |
| 1994 | #872 | 224 | — | |
| 1993 | #682 | 320 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,085 | 166 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,453 | 109 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,247 | 132 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,506 | 95 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,320 | 109 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,446 | 90 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,136 | 127 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,505 | 81 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,184 | 111 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,373 | 87 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,178 | 116 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,227 | 106 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,083 | 130 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,061 | 130 | — | |
| 1978 | #976 | 142 | — | |
| 1977 | #746 | 206 | — | |
| 1976 | #800 | 174 | — | |
| 1975 | #741 | 194 | — | |
| 1974 | #757 | 185 | — | |
| 1973 | #851 | 151 | — | |
| 1972 | #972 | 124 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,001 | 42 | — | |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | — | |
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| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | — | |
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| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | — | |
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| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | — | |
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| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | — | |
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| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Layla! It came in at #4,315, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1951–1954, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Layla
- 1 spot since 2024 (#37 → #36)
- 12 spots since 2020 (#24 → #36)
- 6 spots since 2015 (#30 → #36)
- Biggest jump: 1,029 spots in 1972 (#2,001 → #972)
- Biggest drop: 230 spots in 1978 (#746 → #976)
- Debuted 1950
- Peaked 2019 at #23 (6,523 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 20 yrs · run 2006–2025
- Top 1,000: 39 yrs · run 1998–2025
- Highest: 1 in 257 girls born in 2019 were named Layla (0.39%)
- Latest: 1 in 301 girls born in 2025 (0.33%)
- 49.0% of all girls named Layla (63,242) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 19 | #4,315 (1950) | #5,047 |
| 1960s | 24 | #4,300 (1967) | #5,249 |
| 1970s | 1,355 | #741 (1975) | #1,527 |
| 1980s | 1,052 | #1,083 (1980) | #1,296 |
| 1990s | 2,189 | #654 (1999) | #961 |
| 2000s | 26,209 | #45 (2009) | #182 |
| 2010s | 63,242 | #23 (2019) | #30 |
| 2020s | 35,046 | #24 (2021) | #30 |
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.
Layla in 1950
Top girls' names in 1950
More about 1950
girls
1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 244,722 of them was named Layla, which outranked 29.4% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,962Yvonnie8
- #3,962Zoanne8
- #3,962Zondra8
- #4,315Layla7
- #4,315Aaron7
- #4,315Abbey7
- #4,315Adelene7
- #4,738Adaline6
- #4,738Adra6
- #4,738Adrain6
Tied with 422 names at #4,315; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.