How Many People Are Named Leyla?
people named Leyla are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 32,697 people in the US has this name
Based on 10,564 babies named Leyla in Social Security records from 1957 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
504 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of LEILA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Leyla in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Leyla alive today is about 13 years old, and 92% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 18 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Leyla first appears in the records in 1957 and was given most often in 2022, to 504 babies. In 2025, 478 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1957 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Leyla has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #586, in 2020. In 2025 it ranked #611.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #611 |
| Best rank | #586 (2020) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #697 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Leyla alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Leyla were born in California than in any other state: about 1,904 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Leyla was given 1.9 times as often in New Jersey, 1.8 times in New York and 1.6 times in California.
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