Laila
Rank in 2025
#413
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
755
girls 755
Peak year
2009
2,379 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
43,507
since 1884
Born a Laila? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Laila was most popular in 2009, when 2,379 babies recorded as girls got the name (1.3 per 1,000). In 2025, 755 babies were named Laila, ranking #413 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 39%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 755 | 413 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 844 | 371 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 989 | 312 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 1,031 | 309 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 1,253 | 243 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 1,303 | 227 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 1,461 | 210 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 1,620 | 182 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 1,751 | 173 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 1,951 | 164 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 1,889 | 170 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 2,147 | 149 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 2,143 | 144 | 5 | 12136 |
| 2012 | 2,250 | 143 | 7 | 9709 |
| 2011 | 2,198 | 141 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 2,249 | 140 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 2,379 | 135 | 5 | 12491 |
| 2008 | 2,414 | 140 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 2,365 | 148 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 1,445 | 236 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 1,453 | 234 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 1,282 | 250 | 6 | 9948 |
| 2003 | 1,306 | 249 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 801 | 369 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 612 | 453 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 389 | 643 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 168 | 1159 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 131 | 1341 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 116 | 1434 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 111 | 1478 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 110 | 1456 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 87 | 1707 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 96 | 1590 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 100 | 1548 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 101 | 1537 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 78 | 1828 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 79 | 1717 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 60 | 1986 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 59 | 1918 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 79 | 1539 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 70 | 1666 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 79 | 1459 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 76 | 1496 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 56 | 1900 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 72 | 1615 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 64 | 1735 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 58 | 1832 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 63 | 1669 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 49 | 1976 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 60 | 1638 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 62 | 1586 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 53 | 1709 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 47 | 1805 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 34 | 2222 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 24 | 2874 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 24 | 2856 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 23 | 2768 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 21 | 2789 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 17 | 3085 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 29 | 2191 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 20 | 2744 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 25 | 2475 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 25 | 2424 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 25 | 2414 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 17 | 3060 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 18 | 2904 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 17 | 2869 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 23 | 2376 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 17 | 2823 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 12 | 3493 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 15 | 2971 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 11 | 3490 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 20 | 2363 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 10 | 3552 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 11 | 3284 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 7 | 4235 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 9 | 3593 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 9 | 3706 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 10 | 3217 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 10 | 2916 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 6 | 4054 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 15 | 2352 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 10 | 2986 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 7 | 3559 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 6 | 3863 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 8 | 3145 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 11 | 2579 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 11 | 2570 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 11 | 2521 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 7 | 3431 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 12 | 2424 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 14 | 2161 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 10 | 2831 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 10 | 2750 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 13 | 2425 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 15 | 2191 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 11 | 2768 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 17 | 2169 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 14 | 2474 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 19 | 2018 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 8 | 3665 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 26 | 1637 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 11 | 2958 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 31 | 1476 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 25 | 1666 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 29 | 1445 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 17 | 2102 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 19 | 1847 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 25 | 1485 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 23 | 1523 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 22 | 1344 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 12 | 1766 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 12 | 1620 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 9 | 1656 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 7 | 1935 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 5 | 2208 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 6 | 1862 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
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| 1904 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 6 | 1592 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
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| 1900 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 5 | 1596 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1897 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1896 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1895 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1894 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 5 | 1437 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1891 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1890 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1889 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1888 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1887 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1886 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1885 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 7 | 851 | <5 | — |
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Where Laila is most popular
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- Virginia1.5×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years