Laila — #371 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Laila

The Social Security Administration has registered 42,713 babies named Laila between 1884 and 2024, spanning 141 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Laila currently holds the #371 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 2,413 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Laila performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 19,654 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Laila shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 4,346 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Laila in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Laila in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 42,713 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.