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Baby name
Lila
Girl
Origin of the name
Lila has several possible origins: a short form of Delilah, the Arabic Layla, “night,” and the Sanskrit lila, “play.”
Classic name
76,493births since 1880
2010sgeneration
No. 155rank at its peak, in 2010
Where babies named Lila are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Lila is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Lila is most common in North Dakota (2.7 times), South Dakota (2.7) and South Carolina (2.2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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