Leila

Girl name

Leila has been given to 55,447 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 2010 and currently ranks #259 for girls (2025).

Meaning & origin /ˈleɪlə/

From Arabic لَيْلَى (laylā)API. Taken into English usage through nineteenth-century literature.

Origin: Arabic

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

Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025

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Total babies

55,447

Peak year

2010 (1,509 babies)

Rank in 2025

#259 for girls

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▼ -9%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

Famous people named Leila

Leila Lopes

Angolan beauty pageant titleholder

Leila Hatami

Iranian actress

Leila Pahlavi

Iranian princess (1970-2001)

Leila Ahmed

Egyptian-American writer and professor

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

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