Leylah — #3612 US girls' name
956 babies named Leylah in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 80% of names given to girls today.
52% of everyone ever named Leylah was born in this single decade.
63 babies were named Leylah in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leylah
The Social Security Administration has registered 956 babies named Leylah between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leylah currently holds the #3612 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 63 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leylah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 501 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Leylah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 187 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Leylah in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leylah 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 956 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.
Leylah at a glance
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Current rank
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Leylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2000
- Peak year (2023)
- 63
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
Currently ranks #3612 among girls.
956 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 63 births in a single year.
Leylah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 501 births that decade — 52% of Leylah's all-time total
Leylah decade highlights
- Peak decade 501 births
- Runner-up 262 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Leylah's strongest decade
501 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Leylah by state
Where Leylah concentrates geographically — total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 187 | 19.6% |
| #2 | California | | 184 | 19.2% |
| #3 | Florida | | 37 | 3.9% |
| #4 | New York | | 28 | 2.9% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 12 | 1.3% |
| #6 | Washington | | 10 | 1.0% |
187 of 956 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 19.6% of nationwide
- California 19.2% of nationwide
- Florida 3.9% of nationwide
- New York 2.9% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 6 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 19.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2000–2024 (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.