How Many People Are Named Lyla?
people named Lyla are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 7,330 people in the US has this name
Based on 49,299 babies named Lyla in Social Security records from 1884 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
3,089 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.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Lyla in English. Counting Lyla and these spellings together, about 88,119 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Lyla in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lyla alive today is about 11 years old, and 97% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 14 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lyla first appears in the records in 1884, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 3,089 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1884 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lyla never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #80, in 2025, and it was in the top 100 for 3 years, 2023 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #80.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #80 |
| Best rank | #80 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | 3 (2023 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #138 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lyla alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lyla were born in California than in any other state: about 4,520 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lyla was given 2.7 times as often in North Dakota, 2.1 times in New Hampshire and 1.9 times in Utah.
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