Girls' name · since 2007
Laiylah
Since 2007, U.S. Social Security records show 86 babies named Laiylah, peaking in 2014. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #28,835 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 86
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Laiylah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 86 recorded since 2007.
Laiylah has 86 recorded births among girls since 2007, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2020.
- #28,835 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 86 born since 2007
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laiylah ranks #28,835 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 86 born since 2007, peaking in the 2010s.
- #28,835 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 86
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Laiylah's 86 recorded births place it above 60.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Laiylah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Laiylah splits its recorded history at 2014: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2010 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Laiylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2020
- Peak year (2014)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Laiylah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (67 births, 78% of the file).
2010s was Laiylah's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 78% of all-time use.
Laiylah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 13
2000s
13 births
- 2010s
2010s
67 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 67 births (78% of all-time use).
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- Laiylah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (67 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Laiylah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2007–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Laiylah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.