NameTides

Leila

Leila was the #259 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,193 babies), and #268 in England & Wales and #237 in Canada.

Leila as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Leila 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.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaScotlandUSEngland & WalesIrelandNorthern Ireland
Leila 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.00.511.521880192019602000
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#259 (1,193)#268 (171)#242 (15)#334 (4)#325 (12)#237 (130)
2024#267 (1,197)#249 (193)#275 (13)—#320 (12)#232 (124)
2023#239 (1,272)#254 (180)#365 (9)#302 (5)#316 (12)#229 (124)
2022#245 (1,246)#236 (200)#260 (14)—#203 (23)#230 (125)
2021#214 (1,385)#231 (217)#316 (11)#446 (3)#284 (15)#230 (135)
2020#205 (1,409)#200 (247)#257 (14)#333 (4)#194 (24)#251 (118)
2019#224 (1,388)#218 (225)#304 (12)#336 (4)#247 (19)#202 (144)
2018#239 (1,358)#221 (231)#301 (12)#218 (8)#218 (22)#176 (165)
2017#220 (1,410)#192 (276)#327 (11)#355 (4)#260 (18)#196 (154)
2016#229 (1,395)#194 (282)#240 (17)#353 (4)#254 (18)#174 (180)
2015#247 (1,309)#177 (311)#210 (21)#426 (3)#316 (15)#212 (153)
2014#243 (1,331)#171 (319)#246 (18)#247 (7)#197 (27)#197 (168)
2013#215 (1,472)#143 (364)#238 (17)#234 (8)#286 (17)#191 (175)
2012#234 (1,365)#132 (431)#167 (28)#229 (8)#213 (26)#193 (172)
2011#231 (1,377)#136 (413)#175 (26)#311 (5)#168 (35)#182 (178)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1891 at #179.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,300 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 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Leila is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,300 to 1 in 1,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Leila by state, 2025Alaska: #112AKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #484WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #210WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #304MNIllinois: #294ILMichigan: #244MINew York: #183NYMassachusetts: #223MAOregon: #259ORNevada: #292NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #492IAIndiana: #511INOhio: #483OHPennsylvania: #349PANew Jersey: #235NJConnecticut: #162CTRhode Island: #180RICalifornia: #145CAUtah: #197UTColorado: #456CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #480MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: #308WVVirginia: #204VAMaryland: #253MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #219AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #425ARTennessee: #453TNNorth Carolina: #360NCSouth Carolina: #332SCDistrict of Columbia: #119DCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #776LAMississippi: #441MSAlabama: #520ALGeorgia: #237GAHawaii: #30HITexas: #259TXFlorida: #169FL
Leila (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
Quebec2025#11748
Ontario2024#32040

Leila (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
LeilaCanadaGirls#237130
LeilaEngland & WalesGirls#268171
LeilaIrelandGirls#32512
LeilaNorthern IrelandGirls#3344
LeilaScotlandGirls#24215
LeilaUSGirls#2591,193
LeilaUSBoys—too few