Lyla

#80 for girls in 2025, 3,089 births · Last seen for boys in 2021 at #12,146
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2025 · 3,089 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
3 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
49,294
since 1884

Lyla over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201938girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#803,089
2024#832,954
2023#992,659
2022#1052,665
2021#1102,521#12,1465
2020#1182,307
2019#1212,449
2018#1282,306
2017#1312,269
2016#1382,224
2015#1412,276
2014#1412,383
2013#1542,082
2012#1462,225
2011#1272,416
2010#1352,291
2009#1542,071
2008#2231,508
2007#367887
2006#642449
2005#863293
2004#1,099208
2003#1,117197
2002#1,386139
2001#1,560119
2000#1,77698
1999#1,87484
1998#2,22164
1997#3,36534
1996#3,72329
1995#3,96926
1994#4,84520
1993#3,68129
1992#3,96826
1991#3,54030
1990#3,22734
1989#3,47729
1988#3,80524
1987#5,07415
1986#3,64523
1985#3,24627
1984#3,72621
1983#4,28617
1982#3,78021
1981#3,85920
1980#4,14818
1979#3,77720
1978#4,45915
1977#2,83828
1976#3,81217
1975#3,15522
1974#3,55818
1973#3,34219
1972#3,40418
1971#3,78916
1970#3,57717
1969#3,31817
1968#3,61014
1967#4,05311
1966#3,40014
1965#3,40214
1964#2,82520
1963#2,25228
1962#2,03133
1961#2,15030
1960#2,15029
1959#2,02131
1958#2,20926
1957#1,70540
1956#1,48051
1955#1,69137
1954#1,48146
1953#1,37350
1952#1,40248
1951#1,18362
1950#1,29450
1949#1,27851
1948#1,09566
1947#1,30249
1946#1,08761
1945#98461
1944#1,20543
1943#86481
1942#93670
1941#1,00653
1940#82774
1939#86865
1938#90561
1937#99250
1936#87061
1935#87462
1934#83966
1933#83464
1932#86964
1931#84466
1930#81875
1929#77980
1928#84573
1927#82479
1926#76789
1925#683117
1924#728103
1923#80082
1922#83178
1921#78886
1920#87269
1919#1,01750
1918#87667
1917#97851
1916#87760
1915#91752
1914#88843
1913#90135
1912#84635
1911#1,30013
1910#94121
1909#1,36910
1908#88220
1907#1,20611
1906#91716
1905#1,23810
1904#1,17010
1903#96913
1902#1,07511
1901#1,1369
1900#1,00814
1899#1,5965
1898#96313
1897#93112
1896#84315
1895#98611
1894#85013
1893#79414
1892#1,0179
1891#1,0937
1890#87210
1889#1,1476
1888
1887
1886
1885#1,0475
1884#8517
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1884

The first year at least five girls were named Lyla! It came in at #851, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1885–1888, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Lyla is popular in 1938

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #264 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,625 girlsMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedCONebraska: #206 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,506 girlsNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Lyla, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nebraska#206 · 1 in 1,506
  2. Minnesota#264 · 1 in 2,625

Best ever in a state: #34 in Montana, 2012.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nebraska#20661 in 1,506
Minnesota#26481 in 2,625
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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 Lyla
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 3 spots since 2024 (#83#80)
  • 38 spots since 2020 (#118#80)
  • 61 spots since 2015 (#141#80)
  • Biggest jump: 454 spots in 1912 (#1,300#846)
  • Biggest drop: 633 spots in 1899 (#963#1,596)
Rise & fade · girls
141 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 2025 at #80 (3,089 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 3 yrs · run 2023–2025
  • Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1920–1940
Share of babies · girls
1 in 520
  • Highest: 1 in 520 girls born in 2025 were named Lyla (0.19%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 46.5% of all girls named Lyla (22,921) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s18#851 (1884)#1,015
1890s109#794 (1893)#995
1900s124#882 (1908)#1,097
1910s427#846 (1912)#954
1920s856#683 (1925)#792
1930s634#818 (1930)#871
1940s609#827 (1940)#1,058
1950s441#1,183 (1951)#1,584
1960s210#2,031 (1962)#2,919
1970s190#2,838 (1977)#3,571
1980s215#3,246 (1985)#3,905
1990s376#1,874 (1999)#3,441
2000s5,969#154 (2009)#919
2010s22,921#121 (2019)#136
2020s16,195#80 (2025)#99

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.

Lyla in 1938

girls
#905
61 births · 1 in 18,089 girls

Top girls' names in 1938

  1. #1Mary56,225
  2. #2Barbara39,277
  3. #3Patricia27,560
  4. #4Betty25,506
  5. #5Shirley23,766
  6. #6Carol19,421
  7. #7Nancy18,951
  8. #8Dorothy16,358
  9. #9Margaret15,330
  10. #10Joan14,303
  11. #905Lyla61
More about 1938

girls

1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 18,089 of them was named Lyla, which outranked 81.9% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lyla
  1. #899Melvina62
  2. #899Roxanne62
  3. #899Shari62
  4. #905Lyla61
  5. #905Blanch61
  6. #905Era61
  7. #905Marolyn61
  8. #914Billye60
  9. #914Debra60
  10. #914Estela60

Tied with 8 names at #905; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1937
Risers
  1. 2,209Danielle#2,940#731
  2. 833Lorelei#1,451#618
  3. 623Helaine#1,493#870
  4. 399Janine#1,330#931
  5. 392Imelda#1,282#890
Fallers
  1. 1,261Noreta#964#2,225
  2. 513Norita#532#1,045
  3. 432Noretta#856#1,288
  4. 366Ferne#950#1,316
  5. 327Verdell#904#1,231

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1938