Baby name

Leila

Girl

Origin of the name

Leila goes back to a Semitic root, layl, “night.” The love story of Layla and Majnun is one of the great tales of Arabic and Persian poetry.

Classic name

The high point came in 2010, with 1,509 births and the No. 205 spot that year. It has stood the test of time: births were recorded in 146 of the 146 years since 1880. Its rank in 2025: No. 259.

55,436births since 1880

2010sgeneration

No. 205rank at its peak, in 2010

Where babies named Leila are born

2010

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The darker the blue, the more common Leila is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Leila is most common in Hawaii (5 times), Nevada (2.4) and Georgia (2.2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Lila 76,493
Laila 43,484
Lela 43,005
Leola 28,129
Leia 18,778
Leyla 10,564

Names from the same era

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