How rare is the name Leila?

37,753 people in the United States have the first name Leila, about 1 in 8,000. It ranks #1,093 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LEILA

#1,093

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
37,753
About
1 in 8,000
This common or more
71.3%
Who bears it

Of the 37,753 people named Leila, 49.3% reported their origin as White, 23.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 10.9% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Leila peaked in 2010, when 1,509 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2010
Births that year
1,509
In 2025*
1,193 ▼21%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 55,447 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Leila by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #302. The largest share of babies named Leila, 31.3%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#3021,079
1890s#3211,588
1900s#4121,529
1910s#5802,830
1920s#6753,340
1930s#7632,473
1940s#1,0031,858
1950s#1,2681,740
1960s#1,3961,578
1970s#1,4721,624
1980s#1,3902,106
1990s#1,6152,177
2000s#6409,904
2010s#50113,919
2020s#5167,702
Before 19015.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–2712.5%
Silent Generation 1928–457.6%
Baby boom 1946–646%
Generation X 1965–804.5%
Millennials 1981–965.9%
Generation Z 1997–1227%
2013 and later31.3%

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 Leila is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Leila has been most common in Hawaii (5×), Nevada (2.4×), and Georgia (2.2×), and least common in West Virginia (0.11×).

45,561 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 Leila

#1,091 Ahmed · 37,887#1,092 Jameson · 37,850#1,094 Delia · 37,738#1,095 Chandler · 37,708

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,159 Lela · 12,330#2,595 Leyla · 9,255#3,487 Leola · 5,946#4,162 Leela · 4,611#5,911 Leilah · 2,797#17,205 Leala · 645#27,970 Leili · 324#29,846 Leily · 295

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