Laylah

Girl name

Laylah has been given to 7,297 babies in the U.S. since 1975. It peaked in 2014.

Meaning & origin

Rare spelling variant of Leila.

Origin: Arabic

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

7,297

Peak year

2014 (496 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1975

10-year trend

▼ -56%

Gender split

All girls

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Laylah.

7,300 babies since 1997

7,287 babies since 1935

7,329 babies since 1985

7,260 babies since 1913

7,370 babies since 1954

7,392 babies since 1948

7,398 babies since 1977

7,400 babies since 1991

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