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
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 3,089 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 3 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 49,294since 1884
Lyla 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 | #80 | 3,089 | — | |
| 2024 | #83 | 2,954 | — | |
| 2023 | #99 | 2,659 | — | |
| 2022 | #105 | 2,665 | — | |
| 2021 | #110 | 2,521 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #118 | 2,307 | — | |
| 2019 | #121 | 2,449 | — | |
| 2018 | #128 | 2,306 | — | |
| 2017 | #131 | 2,269 | — | |
| 2016 | #138 | 2,224 | — | |
| 2015 | #141 | 2,276 | — | |
| 2014 | #141 | 2,383 | — | |
| 2013 | #154 | 2,082 | — | |
| 2012 | #146 | 2,225 | — | |
| 2011 | #127 | 2,416 | — | |
| 2010 | #135 | 2,291 | — | |
| 2009 | #154 | 2,071 | — | |
| 2008 | #223 | 1,508 | — | |
| 2007 | #367 | 887 | — | |
| 2006 | #642 | 449 | — | |
| 2005 | #863 | 293 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,099 | 208 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,117 | 197 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,386 | 139 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,560 | 119 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,776 | 98 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,874 | 84 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,221 | 64 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,365 | 34 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,723 | 29 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,969 | 26 | — | |
| 1994 | #4,845 | 20 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,681 | 29 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,968 | 26 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,540 | 30 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,227 | 34 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,477 | 29 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,805 | 24 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,074 | 15 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,645 | 23 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,246 | 27 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,726 | 21 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,286 | 17 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,780 | 21 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,859 | 20 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,148 | 18 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,777 | 20 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,459 | 15 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,838 | 28 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,812 | 17 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,155 | 22 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 18 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,342 | 19 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,404 | 18 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,577 | 17 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,318 | 17 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,400 | 14 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,402 | 14 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,825 | 20 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,252 | 28 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,031 | 33 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,150 | 30 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,150 | 29 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,021 | 31 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,209 | 26 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,705 | 40 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,480 | 51 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,691 | 37 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,481 | 46 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,373 | 50 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,402 | 48 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,183 | 62 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,294 | 50 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,278 | 51 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,095 | 66 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,302 | 49 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,087 | 61 | — | |
| 1945 | #984 | 61 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,205 | 43 | — | |
| 1943 | #864 | 81 | — | |
| 1942 | #936 | 70 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,006 | 53 | — | |
| 1940 | #827 | 74 | — | |
| 1939 | #868 | 65 | — | |
| 1938 | #905 | 61 | — | |
| 1937 | #992 | 50 | — | |
| 1936 | #870 | 61 | — | |
| 1935 | #874 | 62 | — | |
| 1934 | #839 | 66 | — | |
| 1933 | #834 | 64 | — | |
| 1932 | #869 | 64 | — | |
| 1931 | #844 | 66 | — | |
| 1930 | #818 | 75 | — | |
| 1929 | #779 | 80 | — | |
| 1928 | #845 | 73 | — | |
| 1927 | #824 | 79 | — | |
| 1926 | #767 | 89 | — | |
| 1925 | #683 | 117 | — | |
| 1924 | #728 | 103 | — | |
| 1923 | #800 | 82 | — | |
| 1922 | #831 | 78 | — | |
| 1921 | #788 | 86 | — | |
| 1920 | #872 | 69 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,017 | 50 | — | |
| 1918 | #876 | 67 | — | |
| 1917 | #978 | 51 | — | |
| 1916 | #877 | 60 | — | |
| 1915 | #917 | 52 | — | |
| 1914 | #888 | 43 | — | |
| 1913 | #901 | 35 | — | |
| 1912 | #846 | 35 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,300 | 13 | — | |
| 1910 | #941 | 21 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,369 | 10 | — | |
| 1908 | #882 | 20 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,206 | 11 | — | |
| 1906 | #917 | 16 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,238 | 10 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,170 | 10 | — | |
| 1903 | #969 | 13 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,075 | 11 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,136 | 9 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,008 | 14 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | — | |
| 1898 | #963 | 13 | — | |
| 1897 | #931 | 12 | — | |
| 1896 | #843 | 15 | — | |
| 1895 | #986 | 11 | — | |
| 1894 | #850 | 13 | — | |
| 1893 | #794 | 14 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,017 | 9 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 | — | |
| 1890 | #872 | 10 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | — | |
| 1884 | #851 | 7 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1950
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Washington#403 · 1 in 4,121
Best ever in a state: #34 in Montana, 2012.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | #403 | 6 | 1 in 4,121 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 2025 at #80 (3,089 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 3 yrs · run 2023–2025
- Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1920–1940
- Highest: 1 in 520 girls born in 2025 were named Lyla (0.19%)
- 46.5% of all girls named Lyla (22,921) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 18 | #851 (1884) | #1,015 |
| 1890s | 109 | #794 (1893) | #995 |
| 1900s | 124 | #882 (1908) | #1,097 |
| 1910s | 427 | #846 (1912) | #954 |
| 1920s | 856 | #683 (1925) | #792 |
| 1930s | 634 | #818 (1930) | #871 |
| 1940s | 609 | #827 (1940) | #1,058 |
| 1950s | 441 | #1,183 (1951) | #1,584 |
| 1960s | 210 | #2,031 (1962) | #2,919 |
| 1970s | 190 | #2,838 (1977) | #3,571 |
| 1980s | 215 | #3,246 (1985) | #3,905 |
| 1990s | 376 | #1,874 (1999) | #3,441 |
| 2000s | 5,969 | #154 (2009) | #919 |
| 2010s | 22,921 | #121 (2019) | #136 |
| 2020s | 16,195 | #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 1950
Top girls' names in 1950
More about 1950
girls
1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 34,261 of them was named Lyla, which outranked 78.8% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,285Nada51
- #1,285Simone51
- #1,285Starlene51
- #1,294Lyla50
- #1,294Bobbye50
- #1,294Carlyn50
- #1,294Dominga50
- #1,302Aimee49
- #1,302Alane49
- #1,302Arlinda49
Tied with 7 names at #1,294; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.