Leila
#259 for girls in 2025, 1,193 births · Last seen for boys in 2017 at #12,246
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 80 births
- Debut · girls
- 80 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 55,436since 1880
Leila over time
Rank among girls' names. Leila 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 | #259 | 1,193 | — | |
| 2024 | #267 | 1,197 | — | |
| 2023 | #239 | 1,272 | — | |
| 2022 | #245 | 1,246 | — | |
| 2021 | #214 | 1,385 | — | |
| 2020 | #205 | 1,409 | — | |
| 2019 | #224 | 1,388 | — | |
| 2018 | #239 | 1,358 | — | |
| 2017 | #220 | 1,410 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #229 | 1,395 | — | |
| 2015 | #247 | 1,309 | — | |
| 2014 | #243 | 1,331 | — | |
| 2013 | #215 | 1,472 | — | |
| 2012 | #234 | 1,365 | — | |
| 2011 | #231 | 1,377 | — | |
| 2010 | #205 | 1,509 | — | |
| 2009 | #239 | 1,390 | — | |
| 2008 | #226 | 1,499 | — | |
| 2007 | #251 | 1,394 | — | |
| 2006 | #285 | 1,161 | — | |
| 2005 | #308 | 1,043 | — | |
| 2004 | #355 | 893 | — | |
| 2003 | #345 | 893 | — | |
| 2002 | #450 | 638 | — | |
| 2001 | #492 | 566 | — | |
| 2000 | #595 | 427 | — | |
| 1999 | #734 | 306 | — | |
| 1998 | #734 | 297 | — | |
| 1997 | #930 | 213 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,036 | 180 | — | |
| 1995 | #877 | 217 | — | |
| 1994 | #994 | 186 | — | |
| 1993 | #949 | 199 | — | |
| 1992 | #969 | 197 | — | |
| 1991 | #952 | 199 | — | |
| 1990 | #997 | 183 | — | |
| 1989 | #908 | 200 | — | |
| 1988 | #824 | 221 | — | |
| 1987 | #815 | 215 | — | |
| 1986 | #792 | 212 | — | |
| 1985 | #769 | 220 | — | |
| 1984 | #782 | 205 | — | |
| 1983 | #758 | 213 | — | |
| 1982 | #774 | 212 | — | |
| 1981 | #735 | 224 | — | |
| 1980 | #845 | 184 | — | |
| 1979 | #804 | 196 | — | |
| 1978 | #805 | 186 | — | |
| 1977 | #784 | 192 | — | |
| 1976 | #853 | 160 | — | |
| 1975 | #849 | 157 | — | |
| 1974 | #847 | 155 | — | |
| 1973 | #880 | 145 | — | |
| 1972 | #898 | 140 | — | |
| 1971 | #842 | 163 | — | |
| 1970 | #972 | 130 | — | |
| 1969 | #907 | 136 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,013 | 105 | — | |
| 1967 | #850 | 141 | — | |
| 1966 | #744 | 175 | — | |
| 1965 | #858 | 136 | — | |
| 1964 | #826 | 161 | — | |
| 1963 | #793 | 171 | — | |
| 1962 | #753 | 190 | — | |
| 1961 | #753 | 191 | — | |
| 1960 | #779 | 172 | — | |
| 1959 | #727 | 192 | — | |
| 1958 | #801 | 157 | — | |
| 1957 | #749 | 177 | — | |
| 1956 | #711 | 182 | — | |
| 1955 | #710 | 177 | — | |
| 1954 | #656 | 195 | — | |
| 1953 | #680 | 176 | — | |
| 1952 | #703 | 161 | — | |
| 1951 | #705 | 154 | — | |
| 1950 | #657 | 169 | — | |
| 1949 | #616 | 180 | — | |
| 1948 | #669 | 156 | — | |
| 1947 | #630 | 177 | — | |
| 1946 | #615 | 166 | — | |
| 1945 | #552 | 176 | — | |
| 1944 | #514 | 197 | — | |
| 1943 | #524 | 204 | — | |
| 1942 | #522 | 202 | — | |
| 1941 | #482 | 211 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #513 | 183 | — | |
| 1939 | #502 | 177 | — | |
| 1938 | #482 | 190 | — | |
| 1937 | #418 | 239 | — | |
| 1936 | #473 | 183 | — | |
| 1935 | #418 | 240 | — | |
| 1934 | #423 | 241 | — | |
| 1933 | #373 | 294 | — | |
| 1932 | #366 | 305 | — | |
| 1931 | #383 | 287 | — | |
| 1930 | #386 | 317 | — | |
| 1929 | #396 | 285 | — | |
| 1928 | #404 | 279 | — | |
| 1927 | #393 | 306 | — | |
| 1926 | #386 | 313 | — | |
| 1925 | #367 | 344 | — | |
| 1924 | #359 | 365 | — | |
| 1923 | #362 | 335 | — | |
| 1922 | #342 | 363 | — | |
| 1921 | #356 | 345 | — | |
| 1920 | #323 | 405 | — | |
| 1919 | #323 | 384 | — | |
| 1918 | #336 | 369 | — | |
| 1917 | #333 | 352 | — | |
| 1916 | #316 | 368 | — | |
| 1915 | #307 | 363 | — | |
| 1914 | #327 | 259 | — | |
| 1913 | #312 | 234 | — | |
| 1912 | #325 | 195 | — | |
| 1911 | #331 | 143 | — | |
| 1910 | #304 | 163 | — | |
| 1909 | #296 | 145 | — | |
| 1908 | #288 | 150 | — | |
| 1907 | #262 | 171 | — | |
| 1906 | #260 | 160 | — | |
| 1905 | #262 | 154 | — | |
| 1904 | #260 | 148 | — | |
| 1903 | #261 | 138 | — | |
| 1902 | #262 | 140 | — | |
| 1901 | #240 | 145 | — | |
| 1900 | #238 | 178 | — | |
| 1899 | #235 | 139 | — | |
| 1898 | #230 | 161 | — | |
| 1897 | #217 | 157 | — | |
| 1896 | #227 | 149 | — | |
| 1895 | #228 | 147 | — | |
| 1894 | #214 | 152 | — | |
| 1893 | #195 | 173 | — | |
| 1892 | #189 | 178 | — | |
| 1891 | #179 | 178 | — | |
| 1890 | #190 | 154 | — | |
| 1889 | #205 | 126 | — | |
| 1888 | #170 | 170 | — | |
| 1887 | #186 | 112 | — | |
| 1886 | #188 | 115 | — | |
| 1885 | #167 | 123 | — | |
| 1884 | #173 | 103 | — | |
| 1883 | #177 | 90 | — | |
| 1882 | #173 | 83 | — | |
| 1881 | #172 | 77 | — | |
| 1880 | #163 | 80 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Leila was already there! It came in at #163, and was given to 80 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1884, when fewer than 110 girls a year got the name.
See more about Leila
- 8 spots since 2024 (#267 → #259)
- 54 spots since 2020 (#205 → #259)
- 12 spots since 2015 (#247 → #259)
- Biggest jump: 196 spots in 1998 (#930 → #734)
- Biggest drop: 163 spots in 1968 (#850 → #1,013)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #163 (80 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 144 yrs · run 1880–1967
- Highest: 1 in 1,042 girls born in 1891 were named Leila (0.10%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,347 girls born in 2025 (0.07%)
- Its best rank, #163 in 1880, was only 1 in 1,137 (0.09%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 25.1% of all girls named Leila (13,914) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #163 (1880) → #1,036 (1996) → #205 (2010)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,079 | #163 (1880) | #177 |
| 1890s | 1,588 | #179 (1891) | #210 |
| 1900s | 1,529 | #238 (1900) | #263 |
| 1910s | 2,830 | #304 (1910) | #321 |
| 1920s | 3,340 | #323 (1920) | #369 |
| 1930s | 2,473 | #366 (1932) | #422 |
| 1940s | 1,852 | #482 (1941) | #564 |
| 1950s | 1,740 | #656 (1954) | #710 |
| 1960s | 1,578 | #744 (1966) | #828 |
| 1970s | 1,624 | #784 (1977) | #853 |
| 1980s | 2,106 | #735 (1981) | #800 |
| 1990s | 2,177 | #734 (1999) | #917 |
| 2000s | 9,904 | #226 (2008) | #355 |
| 2010s | 13,914 | #205 (2010) | #229 |
| 2020s | 7,702 | #205 (2020) | #238 |
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.
Leila 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 1,224 of them was named Leila, which outranked 98.8% 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 370,191 of them was named Leila, which outranked 14.1% 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).
Tied with 2,016 names at #12,246; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.