NameTides

Lylah

Lylah was the #584 girls' name in the US in 2025 (503 babies), and #468 in England & Wales and #935 in Canada.

Lylah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Lylah 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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandEngland & WalesIrelandUSCanada
Lylah 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#584 (503)#468 (85)#324 (10)—#483 (7)#935 (29)
2024#544 (556)#539 (72)#275 (13)#337 (4)#504 (7)#1,032 (26)
2023#603 (493)#592 (64)#281 (13)—#727 (4)#868 (31)
2022#581 (514)#518 (76)#531 (5)—#747 (4)#927 (28)
2021#581 (522)#496 (85)#316 (11)—#883 (3)#925 (30)
2020#594 (489)#735 (50)#429 (7)——#880 (31)
2019#635 (463)#670 (58)——#716 (4)#1,067 (24)
2018#633 (471)#755 (52)#809 (3)—#734 (4)#1,122 (22)
2017#641 (460)#666 (62)#409 (8)——#816 (34)
2016#694 (418)#822 (46)———#847 (32)
2015#629 (453)#1,007 (35)———#743 (38)
2014#615 (469)#750 (52)#681 (4)——#792 (35)
2013#640 (440)#1,148 (30)#449 (7)——#807 (34)
2012#633 (450)#1,058 (33)———#966 (27)
2011#642 (445)#1,117 (30)———#776 (35)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #544.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1916.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,200 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 3,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 5,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Lylah is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,800 to 1 in 3,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lylah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #478WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #397MNIllinois: #597ILMichigan: #589MINew York: #902NYMassachusetts: #444MAOregon: #429ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #565IAIndiana: #345INOhio: #430OHPennsylvania: #558PANew Jersey: #939NJConnecticut: #393CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #644CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #428CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #556MOKentucky: #443KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #465VAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #578AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #404KSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #479TNNorth Carolina: #601NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #312OKLouisiana: #254LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #796GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #633TXFlorida: #735FL
Lylah (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#78315

Lylah (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
LylahCanadaGirls#93529
LylahEngland & WalesGirls#46885
LylahIrelandGirls#4837
LylahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LylahScotlandGirls#32410
LylahUSGirls#584503