Laiylah — girls' name
86 babies named Laiylah in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
78% of everyone ever named Laiylah was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Laiylah in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Laiylah
The Social Security Administration has registered 86 babies named Laiylah between 2007 and 2020, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Laiylah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Laiylah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 67 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Laiylah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Laiylah 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 86 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.
Laiylah at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Laiylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2007
- Peak year (2014)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
86 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 12 births in a single year.
Laiylah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 67 births that decade — 78% of Laiylah's all-time total
Laiylah decade highlights
- Peak decade 67 births
- Runner-up 13 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Laiylah's strongest decade
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 78% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2007–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.