first name
LYLA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 29,517 people named Lyla, 74.6% reported their origin as White, 13.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.4% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Lyla peaked in 2025, when 3,089 babies got the name.
At least 49,299 babies have been given the name since 1884. 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.
Lyla by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #250. The largest share of babies named Lyla, 65.3%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Lyla is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lyla has been most common in Utah (2.7×), Nevada (2.2×), and Idaho (2×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.23×).
45,623 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.
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