Leila

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Leila is ranked 268th among girls in 2024 (1,191 births). Its best rank was 165th, in 1880.

Rank in 2024: #268down 28 from 2023
Births in 2024: 1,1910.07% of girls
Peak year: 20101,509 births
Best rank: #165in 1880
Since 1880: 54,226people given the name

Babies named Leila, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

54,226 girls have been named Leila in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2010, with 1,509 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 243 → 268).

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2004, and the 2010s alone account for 26%. It has spent 143 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Leila
1880s	1,079
1890s	1,588
1900s	1,529
1910s	2,830
1920s	3,340
1930s	2,473
1940s	1,852
1950s	1,740
1960s	1,578
1970s	1,624
1980s	2,106
1990s	2,177
2000s	9,902
2010s	13,909
2020s	6,499

In 2010, its biggest year

Leila was the 205th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2010 were Isabella, Sophia, Emma, Olivia and Ava. See all of 2010.

Names that rose and fell with Leila

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.