How popular is the name Layla?

Layla ranks 319th among girls' names in US records, with 124,202 births since 1950. Over the past decade it accounts for 61,832.

Is Layla a unisex name?

No. Layla is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2019, when 6,534 children were given the name. It has been in use for 75 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#319 of girl names

Pronounced L EY1 L AA0 (ARPABET)

Layla is a girls' name, and first appears in 1950. It has been given to 124,202 children — the 319th most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2019, when 6,534 children were given it.

2019Girls: 6,534Boys: 5

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Layla?: Layla ranks 319th among girls' names in US records, with 124,202 births since 1950. Over the past decade it accounts for 61,832.
Is Layla a unisex name?: No. Layla is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Layla most popular?: 2019, when 6,534 children were given the name. It has been in use for 75 years and is still recorded as of 2024.