Lila
Pronounced L IY1 L AH0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2010
- 145 years in use
- 3 spellings
How popular is Lila?
Lila is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 172,849 children — the 248th most common girls' name on record.
Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2010, when 3,651 children were given it.
Three other spellings are counted in that total — Leila, Lela and Leala — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Lila and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Leila
- Lela
- Leala
Characteristics
- Alliterative
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- L IY1 L AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Lila
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Lila
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Lila?
- Lila ranks 248th among girls' names in US records, with 172,849 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 28,981.
- Is Lila a unisex name?
- No. Lila is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Lila most popular?
- 2010, when 3,651 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Lila spelled?
- Leila, Lela, Leala. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.