How rare is the name Leyla?

9,255 people in the United States have the first name Leyla, about 1 in 32,634. It ranks #2,595 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LEYLA

#2,595

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,255
About
1 in 32,634
This common or more
80.3%
Who bears it

Of the 9,255 people named Leyla, 47.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 36.7% as White and 8.1% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Leyla peaked in 2022, when 504 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19572025
Peak year
2022
Births that year
504
In 2025*
478 ▼5%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 10,564 babies have been given the name since 1957. 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.

Leyla by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,200. The largest share of babies named Leyla, 55.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#10,39823
1960s#7,60773
1970s#3,653354
1980s#5,592243
1990s#4,539456
2000s#1,7942,404
2010s#1,3194,096
2020s#1,2002,915
Baby boom 1946–640.5%
Generation X 1965–804%
Millennials 1981–964.7%
Generation Z 1997–1235.2%
2013 and later55.7%

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 Leyla is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Leyla has been most common in Arizona (2.6×), Florida (2.6×), and Texas (2.3×), and least common in Michigan (0.25×).

8,566 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 Leyla

#2,593 Denice · 9,264#2,594 Judi · 9,259#2,596 Aliya · 9,253#2,597 Jewell · 9,252

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,093 Leila · 37,753#2,159 Lela · 12,330#3,487 Leola · 5,946#4,162 Leela · 4,611#17,205 Leala · 645#18,816 Leylah · 569#32,182 Lella · 263#32,402 Leyli · 260

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