Lejla — #5511 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Lejla

The Social Security Administration has registered 854 babies named Lejla between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lejla currently holds the #5511 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 47 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lejla performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 401 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Lejla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 44 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Lejla in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lejla 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 854 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.