NameTides

Leilah

Leilah was the #1,652 girls' name in the US in 2025 (125 babies), and #4,201 in England & Wales and #2,475 in Canada.

Leilah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Leilah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Leilah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#1,652 (125)#4,201 (5)—#2,475 (8)
2024#1,753 (115)#3,319 (7)——
2023#1,421 (157)#2,346 (11)——
2022#1,239 (194)#2,178 (12)—#3,228 (5)
2021#1,364 (162)#2,201 (12)—#1,876 (11)
2020#1,362 (160)#2,163 (12)——
2019#1,349 (168)#3,541 (6)——
2018#1,199 (198)#3,178 (7)—#2,344 (8)
2017#1,190 (205)#1,733 (17)—#2,876 (6)
2016#1,345 (176)#1,327 (25)—#2,892 (6)
2015#1,247 (196)#1,168 (29)—#2,599 (7)
2014#1,164 (211)#1,966 (14)#802 (3)#2,374 (8)
2013#1,178 (204)#1,774 (16)—#2,376 (8)
2012#1,269 (189)#1,483 (21)#665 (4)#2,338 (8)
2011#1,138 (215)#1,545 (19)—#2,009 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2010 at #1,000.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1898.

How common is it?

about 1 in 13,000 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 13,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 50,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Leilah is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 15,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 20,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Leilah 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: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,654NYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,392PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,085CAUtah: 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: #1,437NCSouth 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: #1,358GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,314TXFlorida: #1,545FL
Leilah (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
LeilahCanadaGirls#2,4758
LeilahEngland & WalesGirls#4,2015
LeilahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LeilahScotlandGirls—too few
LeilahUSGirls#1,652125