How Many People Are Named Leila?
people named Leila are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 8,236 people in the US has this name
Based on 55,447 babies named Leila in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,509 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of LAYLA. This spelling was used by Lord Byron for characters in 'The Giaour' (1813) and 'Don Juan' (1819), and it is through him that the name was introduced to the English-speaking world.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Leila in English. Counting Leila and these spellings together, about 216,373 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Leila in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Leila alive today is about 22 years old, and 78% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 25 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Leila first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2010, to 1,509 babies. In 2025, 1,193 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Leila has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #165, in 1880. In 2025 it ranked #259.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #259 |
| Best rank | #165 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #233 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Leila alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Leila were born in California than in any other state: about 7,524 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Leila was given 6.4 times as often in Hawaii, 2.2 times in South Carolina and 1.9 times in Georgia.
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