How rare is the name Lailah?

4,590 people in the United States have the first name Lailah, about 1 in 65,802. It ranks #4,177 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LAILAH

#4,177

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,590
About
1 in 65,802
This common or more
83.7%
Who bears it

Of the 4,590 people named Lailah, 46.4% reported their origin as Black, 21.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 19.9% as White. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Lailah peaked in 2010, when 451 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19812025
Peak year
2010
Births that year
451
In 2025*
131 ▼71%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,900 babies have been given the name since 1981. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Lailah by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,391. The largest share of babies named Lailah, 54.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1980s#21,85917
1990s#13,45194
2000s#2,2351,765
2010s#1,3913,829
2020s#2,2511,195
Millennials 1981–960.8%
Generation Z 1997–1244.4%
2013 and later54.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Lailah is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lailah has been most common in Georgia (2.2×), Florida (2.1×), and Louisiana (2×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.29×).

5,646 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Lailah

#4,174 Leisa · 4,595#4,176 Len · 4,593#4,178 Annetta · 4,588#4,178 Jeremias · 4,588

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lailah, most common first.

#1,132 Laila · 35,860#4,281 Laylah · 4,440#26,142 Lalah · 358

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