Layla

What Layla means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Layla yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #30 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Layla?

US: Falling: down from #30 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #35 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2019, when 6,523 girls got the name (#23 that year). First in the US records in 1950.

How common

• About 1 in 301 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 304 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 197 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DE (11.53 per 1,000 girls), WY (11.1 per 1,000 girls), VT (10.27 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Layla is #36 in the US and #50 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Layla were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Lyla3,089 US · 751 E&W
• Lila1,670 US · 277 E&W
• Lola1,132 US · 524 E&W
• Leila1,193 US · 171 E&W
• Laila755 US · 151 E&W
• Lylah503 US · 85 E&W
• Leyla478 US · 101 E&W
• Leela175 US · 51 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Layla

Girls

• Amirah#490Variant of Amira, meaning “princess”^*
• Sariyah#624“a cloud that comes by night”^*
• Zara#212“flower”^*
• Amira#132“princess”^*
• Zahra#538Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 8 babies
• Maryam#351Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #52 vs #351 in 2025

For a brother

• Rayan#588Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #178 vs #588 in 2025
• Yusuf#449Same root as Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*
• Ibrahim#351Editor’s note Up from #436 in 2015 to #351 in 2025 in the US
• Zaid#675Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1969, with 5 babies
• Omari#686Editor’s note Down from #508 in 2015 to #686 in 2025 in the US
• Ameer#980Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1969, with 14 babies

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Arabic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Layla’s. Rank is US 2025.