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Baby name
Layla
Girl
Origin of the name
Layla is a form of Leila, from a Semitic root meaning “night.”
Rising name
129,136births since 1880
2010sgeneration
No. 23rank at its peak, in 2019
Where babies named Layla are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Layla is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Layla is most common in Delaware (1.7 times), Nevada (1.5) and North Carolina (1.3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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