NameTides

Lailah

Lailah was the #1,592 girls' name in the US in 2025 (131 babies), and #2,788 in England & Wales and #2,131 in Canada.

Lailah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Lailah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandUSCanadaEngland & Wales
Lailah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,592 (131)#2,788 (9)#780 (3)——#2,131 (10)
2024#1,105 (221)#1,541 (20)———#2,975 (6)
2023#1,124 (218)#2,063 (13)#540 (5)——#1,898 (11)
2022#1,304 (181)#2,178 (12)#760 (3)———
2021#1,191 (204)#1,866 (15)————
2020#1,046 (240)#1,687 (17)———#2,873 (6)
2019#960 (274)#1,703 (17)———#2,025 (10)
2018#815 (333)#1,490 (21)———#2,151 (9)
2017#794 (345)#1,628 (19)—#296 (5)#873 (3)#2,179 (9)
2016#708 (402)#1,278 (26)#675 (4)——#1,906 (11)
2015#697 (408)#1,033 (34)#806 (3)——#2,363 (8)
2014#695 (406)#1,094 (32)———#1,786 (12)
2013#683 (414)#1,537 (20)#816 (3)——#1,913 (11)
2012#702 (400)#1,150 (29)#467 (7)——#1,787 (12)
2011#702 (396)#1,295 (24)#810 (3)——#1,882 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2010 at #650.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1981.

How common is it?

about 1 in 12,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 12,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 28,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Lailah is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 10,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,800 to 1 in 16,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lailah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: #1,526NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,438OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,830CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #729NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,075GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,902TXFlorida: #1,545FL
Lailah (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LailahCanadaGirls#2,13110
LailahEngland & WalesGirls#2,7889
LailahIrelandGirls—too few
LailahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LailahScotlandGirls#7803
LailahUSGirls#1,592131