Girls' name · since 1995
Lejla
Lejla has 878 recorded births since 1995 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,204 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,323 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 878
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Lejla currently ranks #5323 among girls' names in America, with 878 babies recorded since 1995.
Lejla has 878 recorded births among girls since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5323 as of the latest data, more common than 69% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.
- #8,204 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,323 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 878 born since 1995
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lejla ranks #8,204 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,323 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 878 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,204 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,323 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 878
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Lejla's 878 recorded births place it above 88.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Illinois.
How Lejla compares
878 Top 34% higher than 66% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Lejla's all-time total is 134% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lejla | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 878 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 47 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lejla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lejla's full recorded timeline at 2010, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 47 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lejla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 47
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Lejla by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (401 births, 46% of the file).
2000s was Lejla's strongest decade.
401 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Lejla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 64
1990s
64 births
- 2000s
2000s
401 births
- 2010s
2010s
287 births
- 2020s 126
2020s
126 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 401 births (46% of all-time use).
How Lejla compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Lejla's total volume
Lejla by state
Where Lejla concentrates geographically, total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 44 | 5.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 33 | 3.8% |
| #3 | Missouri | | 24 | 2.7% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 11 | 1.3% |
| #5 | Connecticut | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.6% |
44 of 878 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Lejla's data
- Lejla's decade-level peak was the 2000s (401 total births); usage has since declined to 126 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Illinois records the most Lejlas (44 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lejla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~30 yrs)
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, 1995–2025 (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 Lejla 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.