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 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 273 of them was named Layla, which outranked 99.9% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 185,096 of them was named Layla, which outranked 47.1% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #7,095Zoe11
- #7,095Zoravar11
- #7,095Zuri11
- #7,546Layla10
- #7,546Aadhi10
- #7,546Aakil10
- #7,546Aarian10
- #8,140Aaran9
- #8,140Aarushreddy9
- #8,140Aason9
Tied with 593 names at #7,546; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.