Girls' name · since 2000
Leylah
Leylah has 1,005 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,483 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,282 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,005
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Leylah is the #3282 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,005 recorded since 2000.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leylah has been recorded 1,005 times among girls since 2000, currently ranked #3282 nationally and more common than 81% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #7,483 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,282 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,005 born since 2000
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leylah ranks #7,483 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,282 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,005 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.
- #7,483 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,282 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,005
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Leylah's 1,005 recorded births place it above 89.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Leylah compares
1,005 Top 32% higher than 68% 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
Leylah's all-time total is 167% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Leylah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,005 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 63 | 21 | 19,840 |
Leylah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Leylah splits its recorded history at 2013: 68% of all births land in the more recent half, 32% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2001 (7 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 63 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Leylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 63
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Leylah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (501 births, 50% of the file).
2010s was Leylah's strongest decade.
501 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Leylah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 193
2000s
193 births
- 2010s
2010s
501 births
- 2020s
2020s
311 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 501 births (50% of all-time use).
How Leylah 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 Leylah's total volume
Leylah by state
Where Leylah concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 195 | 19.4% |
| #2 | California | | 194 | 19.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 37 | 3.7% |
| #4 | New York | | 28 | 2.8% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 12 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Washington | | 10 | 1.0% |
195 of 1,005 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Leylah's data
- Leylah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (501 total births) through the 2020s (311) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Leylahs (195 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Leylah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~25 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, 2000–2025 (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 Leylah 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.