How rare is the name Lylah?

4,796 people in the United States have the first name Lylah, about 1 in 62,976. It ranks #4,044 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LYLAH

#4,044

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,796
About
1 in 62,976
This common or more
83.5%
Who bears it

Of the 4,796 people named Lylah, 61.4% reported their origin as White, 23.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 7.5% 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.

Lylah peaked in 2024, when 556 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19162025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
556
In 2025*
503 ▼10%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 8,547 babies have been given the name since 1916. 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.

Lylah by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,142. The largest share of babies named Lylah, 73.1%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#9,47512
1920s#9,45026
1930s#11,9535
1970s#24,5405
1990s#23,42230
2000s#3,425964
2010s#1,2464,428
2020s#1,1423,077
Greatest Generation 1901–270.3%
Silent Generation 1928–450.2%
Generation X 1965–800.1%
Generation Z 1997–1226.3%
2013 and later73.1%

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 Lylah is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lylah has been most common in Arizona (2.3×), Nevada (2×), and Colorado (1.8×), and least common in Mississippi (0.31×).

7,505 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 Lylah

#4,042 Merritt · 4,797#4,042 Travon · 4,797#4,045 Tae · 4,793#4,046 Vada · 4,791

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lylah, most common first.

#1,264 Lyla · 29,517

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