NameTides

Layla

Layla was the #36 girls' name in the US in 2025 (5,338 babies), and #50 in England & Wales and #52 in Canada.

Layla as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Layla as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandUSEngland & WalesCanada
Layla as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#36 (5,338)#50 (833)#43 (91)#68 (30)#60 (83)#52 (431)#35 (162)#41 (137)
2024#37 (5,325)#56 (760)#41 (89)#91 (23)#69 (79)#52 (417)#31 (168)#48 (123)
2023#30 (5,703)#53 (826)#49 (84)#84 (25)#64 (90)#46 (435)#47 (136)#34 (135)
2022#29 (6,096)#56 (818)#44 (95)#81 (26)#59 (91)#46 (455)#40 (159)#33 (146)
2021#24 (6,356)#53 (917)#48 (91)#66 (33)#48 (122)#49 (491)#38 (181)#36 (150)
2020#24 (6,228)#51 (939)#29 (115)#63 (33)#56 (96)#42 (536)#24 (220)#42 (134)
2019#23 (6,523)#48 (1,025)#48 (93)#62 (35)#55 (105)#48 (493)#36 (172)#38 (144)
2018#27 (6,512)#44 (1,152)#38 (118)#77 (30)#57 (111)#46 (526)#34 (185)#37 (136)
2017#26 (6,335)#38 (1,329)#32 (137)#67 (36)#45 (135)#48 (515)#36 (185)#39 (121)
2016#30 (6,300)#40 (1,358)#27 (152)#68 (37)#44 (135)#55 (470)#30 (217)#35 (121)
2015#30 (6,348)#35 (1,428)#33 (144)#69 (37)#46 (135)#61 (420)#36 (178)#40 (112)
2014#29 (6,466)#38 (1,391)#25 (190)#69 (34)#51 (130)#57 (444)#28 (216)#41 (104)
2013#30 (6,490)#31 (1,588)#34 (144)#95 (26)#58 (125)#62 (421)#29 (209)#31 (139)
2012#31 (6,279)#29 (1,796)#30 (173)#89 (28)#45 (160)#56 (437)#29 (202)#44 (109)
2011#35 (6,088)#30 (1,780)#36 (152)#135 (17)#54 (134)#60 (424)#35 (174)#49 (85)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2019 at #23.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1950.

How common is it?

about 1 in 300 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 3. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 300common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 300common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 200very common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 240common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 250common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 350common

Next year

On its recent trend, Layla is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 320 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 310 to 1 in 340.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Layla by state, 2025Alaska: #38AKMaine: #21MEWisconsin: #29WIVermont: #34VTNew Hampshire: #29NHWashington: #49WAIdaho: #79IDMontana: #91MTNorth Dakota: #40NDMinnesota: #37MNIllinois: #29ILMichigan: #26MINew York: #28NYMassachusetts: #41MAOregon: #43ORNevada: #33NVWyoming: #24WYSouth Dakota: #28SDIowa: #44IAIndiana: #39INOhio: #34OHPennsylvania: #34PANew Jersey: #23NJConnecticut: #21CTRhode Island: #48RICalifornia: #32CAUtah: #68UTColorado: #40CONebraska: #78NEMissouri: #49MOKentucky: #46KYWest Virginia: #24WVVirginia: #34VAMaryland: #33MDDelaware: #10DEArizona: #34AZNew Mexico: #16NMKansas: #33KSArkansas: #50ARTennessee: #37TNNorth Carolina: #41NCSouth Carolina: #35SCDistrict of Columbia: #26DCOklahoma: #43OKLouisiana: #44LAMississippi: #31MSAlabama: #31ALGeorgia: #38GAHawaii: #44HITexas: #40TXFlorida: #34FL
Layla (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#41198
Quebec2025#7076

Layla (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LaylaCanadaGirls#52431
LaylaEngland & WalesGirls#50833
LaylaIrelandGirls#6083
LaylaNorthern IrelandGirls#6830
LaylaNSWGirls#35162
LaylaScotlandGirls#4391
LaylaUSGirls#365,338
LaylaUSBoys—too few
LaylaVICGirls#41137