Girls' name · since 2004

Leyli

Since 2004, U.S. Social Security records show 149 babies named Leyli, peaking in 2012. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#22,838 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#12,623 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
149
born since 2004
2010s
peak decade

Yes -- Leyli is the #12623 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 149 recorded since 2004.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leyli has been recorded 149 times among girls since 2004, currently ranked #12623 nationally and more common than 27% 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 2004 to 2025.

  • #22,838 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #12,623 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 149 born since 2004
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leyli ranks #22,838 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,623 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 149 born since 2004, peaking in the 2010s.

#22,838 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#12,623 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
149
born since 2004
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%27%
Leyli vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Leyli's 149 recorded births place it above 68.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Leyli compares

149 31st percentile among 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

Leyli's all-time total is 60% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Leyli Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 149 376 567,345
Peak-year births 11 21 19,840

Leyli's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Leyli's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2010, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2012 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Leyli popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2012)
11
Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
4681012 20042007201020132017202020242025 7

Leyli by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (66 births, 44% of the file).

2010s was Leyli's strongest decade.

66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.

Leyli births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 66 births (44% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Leyli?
Leyli has been given to 149 babies in the U.S. since 2004, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #22,838 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #12,623 of 17,297. 11 babies were born in 2012, its single highest year.
Where does Leyli sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leyli ranks #22,838 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,623 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Leyli most popular?
Leyli was most popular in the 2010s decade with 66 total births. The single peak year was 2012.
How long has the name Leyli been used?
The SSA has tracked Leyli since 2004 -- 22 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Leyli?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Leyla, Leylani, Leyna, Leya, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Leyli's data

  • Leyli's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (66 total births) through the 2020s (40) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Leyli

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Leyli: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2004–2025 (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 Leyli 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.