NameTides

Lyla

Lyla was the #80 girls' name in the US in 2025 (3,089 babies), and #61 in England & Wales and #108 in Canada.

Lyla as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Lyla 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.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesUSCanadaIreland
Lyla 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.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
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#80 (3,089)#61 (751)#50 (77)#71 (29)#138 (33)#108 (239)—#81 (76)
2024#83 (2,954)#74 (634)#68 (62)#110 (18)#126 (36)#114 (229)#81 (89)—
2023#99 (2,659)#76 (610)#70 (62)#102 (20)#118 (40)#120 (213)——
2022#105 (2,665)#80 (620)#71 (58)#71 (30)#169 (30)#102 (241)——
2021#110 (2,521)#76 (667)#74 (59)#89 (25)#177 (27)#128 (212)#97 (79)—
2020#118 (2,307)#97 (517)#130 (35)#119 (17)#220 (20)#124 (206)——
2019#121 (2,449)#98 (531)#100 (44)#167 (12)#271 (17)#122 (218)——
2018#128 (2,306)#97 (539)#120 (39)#126 (19)#196 (26)#121 (220)——
2017#131 (2,269)#95 (563)#113 (43)#130 (18)#260 (18)#137 (213)——
2016#138 (2,224)#104 (553)#159 (31)#137 (16)#302 (15)#151 (195)——
2015#141 (2,276)#121 (481)#125 (39)#161 (14)#462 (9)#165 (188)——
2014#141 (2,383)#113 (497)#134 (37)#178 (11)#427 (10)#135 (232)——
2013#154 (2,082)#114 (478)#194 (23)#178 (11)#424 (10)#183 (183)——
2012#146 (2,225)#132 (431)#254 (18)#172 (11)#612 (6)#178 (179)——
2011#127 (2,416)#152 (353)#300 (13)#311 (5)#695 (5)#164 (197)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #80.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1884.

How common is it?

about 1 in 520 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 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 520common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 340common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 230common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 250common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 640common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 630common

Next year

On its recent trend, Lyla is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 490 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 480 to 1 in 510.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lyla by state, 2025Alaska: #90AKMaine: #57MEWisconsin: #82WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #95NHWashington: #116WAIdaho: #79IDMontana: #144MTNorth Dakota: #40NDMinnesota: #54MNIllinois: #77ILMichigan: #92MINew York: #89NYMassachusetts: #62MAOregon: #131ORNevada: #119NVWyoming: #79WYSouth Dakota: #117SDIowa: #61IAIndiana: #70INOhio: #79OHPennsylvania: #78PANew Jersey: #90NJConnecticut: #67CTRhode Island: #64RICalifornia: #104CAUtah: #42UTColorado: #61CONebraska: #47NEMissouri: #55MOKentucky: #95KYWest Virginia: #83WVVirginia: #106VAMaryland: #90MDDelaware: #98DEArizona: #121AZNew Mexico: #111NMKansas: #89KSArkansas: #65ARTennessee: #74TNNorth Carolina: #110NCSouth Carolina: #90SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #66OKLouisiana: #95LAMississippi: #70MSAlabama: #81ALGeorgia: #66GAHawaii: #92HITexas: #82TXFlorida: #89FL
Lyla (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#70130
Quebec2025#5917

Lyla (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
LylaCanadaGirls#108239
LylaEngland & WalesGirls#61751
LylaIrelandGirls#13833
LylaNorthern IrelandGirls#7129
LylaNSWGirls—too few
LylaScotlandGirls#5077
LylaUSGirls#803,089
LylaUSBoys—too few
LylaVICGirls#8176