NameTides

Leyla

Leyla was the #611 girls' name in the US in 2025 (478 babies), and #403 in England & Wales and #567 in Canada.

Leyla as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Leyla 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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaIrelandUSScotland
Leyla 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#611 (478)#403 (101)#632 (4)—#483 (7)#567 (53)
2024#599 (504)#369 (118)#790 (3)—#412 (9)#601 (49)
2023#603 (493)#417 (98)#630 (4)—#727 (4)#557 (52)
2022#594 (504)#400 (105)#418 (7)——#587 (48)
2021#671 (440)#443 (99)#792 (3)—#883 (3)#521 (56)
2020#586 (496)#419 (101)#429 (7)#397 (3)#834 (3)#508 (58)
2019#711 (401)#485 (85)#493 (6)#336 (4)#457 (8)#523 (60)
2018#646 (459)#440 (99)#449 (7)—#436 (9)#471 (68)
2017#619 (485)#391 (114)#501 (6)—#579 (6)#591 (52)
2016#708 (402)#466 (94)#585 (5)—#750 (4)#675 (44)
2015#782 (361)#467 (93)#509 (6)#312 (5)#532 (7)#520 (59)
2014#690 (410)#406 (106)#323 (12)—#458 (9)#629 (48)
2013#626 (447)#406 (105)#367 (10)—#660 (5)#530 (57)
2012#721 (385)#337 (144)#321 (13)—#435 (10)#613 (47)
2011#735 (376)#224 (226)#363 (10)#224 (8)#325 (15)#552 (53)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #599.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1957.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,400 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 3,400uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,500uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Leyla is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,800 to 1 in 3,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Leyla by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #541WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #540MNIllinois: #667ILMichigan: #735MINew York: #350NYMassachusetts: #481MAOregon: #619ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #801OHPennsylvania: #763PANew Jersey: #422NJConnecticut: #459CTRhode Island: #150RICalifornia: #468CAUtah: #704UTColorado: #703CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #541VAMaryland: #600MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #515AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #983TNNorth Carolina: #659NCSouth Carolina: #560SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #560GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #507TXFlorida: #329FL
Leyla (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#21727
Ontario2024#50625

Leyla (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
LeylaCanadaGirls#56753
LeylaEngland & WalesGirls#403101
LeylaIrelandGirls#4837
LeylaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LeylaScotlandGirls#6324
LeylaUSGirls#611478