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.
Where Layla is popular in 2019
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Delaware#10 · 1 in 89
- Kentucky#12 · 1 in 136
- New Mexico#15 · 1 in 122
- Tennessee#15 · 1 in 164
- West Virginia#16 · 1 in 124
Best ever in a state: #9 in New Mexico, 2016.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | #10 | 27 | 1 in 89 |
| Kentucky | #12 | 129 | 1 in 136 |
| New Mexico | #15 | 46 | 1 in 122 |
| Tennessee | #15 | 187 | 1 in 164 |
| Mississippi | #16 | 69 | 1 in 153 |
| West Virginia | #16 | 46 | 1 in 124 |
| Louisiana | #17 | 99 | 1 in 192 |
| North Carolina | #18 | 225 | 1 in 200 |
| Ohio | #18 | 275 | 1 in 184 |
| Vermont | #18 | 13 | 1 in 79 |
| Indiana | #19 | 157 | 1 in 184 |
| Maryland | #19 | 123 | 1 in 182 |
| Illinois | #20 | 266 | 1 in 194 |
| Michigan | #20 | 209 | 1 in 191 |
| Georgia | #21 | 216 | 1 in 215 |
| Virginia | #21 | 177 | 1 in 199 |
| Wyoming | #22 | 11 | 1 in 90 |
| Pennsylvania | #23 | 256 | 1 in 195 |
| Arizona | #24 | 135 | 1 in 212 |
| Florida | #24 | 405 | 1 in 209 |
| Kansas | #24 | 62 | 1 in 191 |
| Missouri | #24 | 127 | 1 in 201 |
| New Jersey | #24 | 188 | 1 in 187 |
| Oklahoma | #24 | 81 | 1 in 190 |
| South Carolina | #24 | 87 | 1 in 203 |
| Rhode Island | #25 | 23 | 1 in 117 |
| Texas | #25 | 641 | 1 in 247 |
| Arkansas | #26 | 57 | 1 in 189 |
| Colorado | #26 | 114 | 1 in 193 |
| Minnesota | #26 | 123 | 1 in 187 |
| Nevada | #28 | 56 | 1 in 181 |
| Alabama | #31 | 90 | 1 in 210 |
| California | #31 | 719 | 1 in 257 |
| New York | #32 | 359 | 1 in 236 |
| Nebraska | #33 | 37 | 1 in 201 |
| South Dakota | #33 | 19 | 1 in 152 |
| Massachusetts | #35 | 121 | 1 in 204 |
| District of Columbia | #36 | 19 | 1 in 168 |
| Oregon | #37 | 65 | 1 in 213 |
| Iowa | #38 | 56 | 1 in 217 |
| North Dakota | #38 | 18 | 1 in 157 |
| Wisconsin | #38 | 97 | 1 in 225 |
| New Hampshire | #44 | 21 | 1 in 167 |
| Maine | #46 | 18 | 1 in 183 |
| Connecticut | #47 | 51 | 1 in 228 |
| Idaho | #51 | 28 | 1 in 225 |
| Montana | #56 | 13 | 1 in 196 |
| Washington | #56 | 98 | 1 in 304 |
| Alaska | #60 | 10 | 1 in 199 |
| Hawaii | #62 | 12 | 1 in 231 |
| Utah | #91 | 42 | 1 in 400 |
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 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 2019
Top girls' names in 2019
Top boys' names in 2019
More about 2019
girls
1,678,366 girls got a published name in 2019; 1 in 257 of them was named Layla, which outranked 99.9% of the 18,024 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,794,216 boys got a published name in 2019; 1 in 358,843 of them was named Layla, which outranked 14.1% of the 14,133 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,988 names at #12,145; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.