Leila
Rank in 2025
#259
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
1,193
girls 1,193
Peak year
1891
178 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
55,447
since 1880
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Leila was most popular in 1891, when 178 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.96 per 1,000). In 2025, 1,193 babies were named Leila, ranking #259 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,193 | 259 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 1,197 | 267 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 1,272 | 239 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 1,246 | 245 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 1,385 | 214 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 1,409 | 205 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 1,388 | 224 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 1,358 | 239 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 1,410 | 220 | 5 | 12246 |
| 2016 | 1,395 | 229 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 1,309 | 247 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 1,331 | 243 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 1,472 | 215 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 1,365 | 234 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 1,377 | 231 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 1,509 | 205 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 1,390 | 239 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 1,499 | 226 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 1,394 | 251 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 1,161 | 285 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 1,043 | 308 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 893 | 355 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 893 | 345 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 638 | 450 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 566 | 492 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 427 | 595 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 306 | 734 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 297 | 734 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 213 | 930 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 180 | 1036 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 217 | 877 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 186 | 994 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 199 | 949 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 197 | 969 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 199 | 952 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 183 | 997 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 200 | 908 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 221 | 824 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 215 | 815 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 212 | 792 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 220 | 769 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 205 | 782 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 213 | 758 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 212 | 774 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 224 | 735 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 184 | 845 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 196 | 804 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 186 | 805 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 192 | 784 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 160 | 853 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 157 | 849 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 155 | 847 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 145 | 880 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 140 | 898 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 163 | 842 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 130 | 972 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 136 | 907 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 105 | 1013 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 141 | 850 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 175 | 744 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 136 | 858 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 161 | 826 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 171 | 793 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 190 | 753 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 191 | 753 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 172 | 779 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 192 | 727 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 157 | 801 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 177 | 749 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 182 | 711 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 177 | 710 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 195 | 656 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 176 | 680 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 161 | 703 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 154 | 705 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 169 | 657 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 180 | 616 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 156 | 669 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 177 | 630 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 166 | 615 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 176 | 552 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 197 | 514 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 204 | 524 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 202 | 522 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 211 | 482 | 6 | 3133 |
| 1940 | 183 | 513 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 177 | 502 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 190 | 482 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 239 | 418 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 183 | 473 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 240 | 418 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 241 | 423 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 294 | 373 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 305 | 366 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 287 | 383 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 317 | 386 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 285 | 396 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 279 | 404 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 306 | 393 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 313 | 386 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 344 | 367 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 365 | 359 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 335 | 362 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 363 | 342 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 345 | 356 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 405 | 323 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 384 | 323 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 369 | 336 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 352 | 333 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 368 | 316 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 363 | 307 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 259 | 327 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 234 | 312 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 195 | 325 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 143 | 331 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 163 | 304 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 145 | 296 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 150 | 288 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 171 | 262 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 160 | 260 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 154 | 262 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 148 | 260 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 138 | 261 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 140 | 262 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 145 | 240 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 178 | 238 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 139 | 235 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 161 | 230 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 157 | 217 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 149 | 227 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 147 | 228 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 152 | 214 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 173 | 195 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 178 | 189 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 178 | 179 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 154 | 190 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 126 | 205 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 170 | 170 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 112 | 186 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 115 | 188 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 123 | 167 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 103 | 173 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 90 | 177 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 83 | 173 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 77 | 172 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 80 | 163 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years