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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201941girlsat 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—
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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 1941

No state had 5 or more girls named Lyla in 1941, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

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 1941

girls
#1,006
53 births · 1 in 22,795 girls

Top girls' names in 1941

  1. #1Mary58,048
  2. #2Barbara39,543
  3. #3Patricia36,905
  4. #4Carol24,187
  5. #5Linda23,721
  6. #6Judith23,320
  7. #7Betty20,905
  8. #8Nancy20,885
  9. #9Sandra19,500
  10. #10Shirley16,954
  11. #1,006Lyla53
More about 1941

girls

1,208,119 girls got a published name in 1941; 1 in 22,795 of them was named Lyla, which outranked 80.2% of the 5,085 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lyla
  1. #993Rutha54
  2. #993Thomasine54
  3. #993Velva54
  4. #1,006Lyla53
  5. #1,006Carlotta53
  6. #1,006Elois53
  7. #1,006Estela53
  8. #1,013Alpha52
  9. #1,013Jacque52
  10. #1,013Katrina52

Tied with 6 names at #1,006; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1940
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,130Jerilyn#2,737 → #607
  2. ↑ 1,258Trina#2,109 → #851
  3. ↑ 372Karan#1,347 → #975
  4. ↑ 371Kristine#1,313 → #942
  5. ↑ 356Sherri#1,186 → #830
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Kenneth#971 → #1,418
  2. ↓ 421Janna#997 → #1,418
  3. ↓ 366Beatriz#989 → #1,355
  4. ↓ 338Merna#997 → #1,335
  5. ↓ 337Eldora#957 → #1,294

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

See the top 100 for 1941 →