Lyla
Lyla was given to 3,089 girls in 2025, #80 among girls’ names; 49,299 Americans have been recorded with it since 1884 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 46,600 Americans named Lyla and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (94% of everyone recorded); the median is 10 years old and half are between 5 and 15.
Lyla came back: it left the girls’ top 1,000 after 1945 and returned in 2005.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lyla by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lyla mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Lyla is “a female given name from Arabic.”
A spelling variant of Leila.
/ˈleɪlə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lyla?
#80 among girls’ names, 2025
Lyla rose from #141 in 2015 to #80 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 1.3 to 1.9 per 1,000.
3,089 babies in 2025, the peak
Lyla peaked in 2025, when 3,089 girls were given it, #80 among girls’ names. In 2024 it went to 2,954 girls.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,089 | #80 | 1.9 |
| 2024 | 2,954 | #83 | 1.8 |
| 2023 | 2,659 | #99 | 1.7 |
| 2022 | 2,665 | #105 | 1.6 |
| 2021 | 2,521 | #110 | 1.5 |
| 2020 | 2,307 | #118 | 1.4 |
| 2019 | 2,449 | #121 | 1.5 |
| 2018 | 2,306 | #128 | 1.4 |
| 2017 | 2,269 | #131 | 1.3 |
| 2016 | 2,224 | #138 | 1.3 |
Every recorded year (139)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2,276 | #141 | 1.3 |
| 2014 | 2,383 | #141 | 1.3 |
| 2013 | 2,082 | #154 | 1.2 |
| 2012 | 2,225 | #146 | 1.3 |
| 2011 | 2,416 | #127 | 1.4 |
| 2010 | 2,291 | #135 | 1.3 |
| 2009 | 2,071 | #154 | 1.1 |
| 2008 | 1,508 | #223 | 0.80 |
| 2007 | 887 | #368 | 0.46 |
| 2006 | 449 | #642 | 0.24 |
| 2005 | 293 | #865 | 0.16 |
| 2004 | 208 | #1,099 | 0.11 |
| 2003 | 197 | #1,118 | 0.11 |
| 2002 | 139 | #1,388 | 0.08 |
| 2001 | 119 | #1,567 | 0.07 |
| 2000 | 98 | #1,782 | 0.05 |
| 1999 | 84 | #1,882 | 0.05 |
| 1998 | 64 | #2,228 | 0.04 |
| 1997 | 34 | #3,407 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 29 | #3,781 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 26 | #4,041 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,940 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 29 | #3,733 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 26 | #4,030 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 30 | #3,585 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 34 | #3,259 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 29 | #3,527 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 24 | #3,845 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,205 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 23 | #3,711 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 27 | #3,295 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,812 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,391 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,855 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 20 | #3,944 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,234 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 20 | #3,851 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,576 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 28 | #2,880 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,891 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 22 | #3,220 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,640 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 19 | #3,412 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 18 | #3,479 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,874 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 17 | #3,657 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,402 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 14 | #3,707 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,193 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 14 | #3,473 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 14 | #3,489 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 20 | #2,877 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 28 | #2,279 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 33 | #2,053 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 30 | #2,183 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 29 | #2,171 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 31 | #2,042 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 26 | #2,237 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 40 | #1,716 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 51 | #1,496 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 37 | #1,715 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 46 | #1,491 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 50 | #1,384 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 48 | #1,410 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 62 | #1,187 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 50 | #1,296 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 51 | #1,284 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 66 | #1,099 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 49 | #1,305 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 61 | #1,095 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 61 | #990 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 43 | #1,214 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 81 | #866 | 0.06 |
| 1942 | 70 | #940 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 53 | #1,010 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 74 | #831 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 65 | #873 | 0.06 |
| 1938 | 61 | #907 | 0.06 |
| 1937 | 50 | #998 | 0.05 |
| 1936 | 61 | #872 | 0.06 |
| 1935 | 62 | #881 | 0.06 |
| 1934 | 66 | #845 | 0.06 |
| 1933 | 64 | #842 | 0.06 |
| 1932 | 64 | #872 | 0.06 |
| 1931 | 66 | #852 | 0.06 |
| 1930 | 75 | #820 | 0.07 |
| 1929 | 80 | #785 | 0.07 |
| 1928 | 73 | #850 | 0.06 |
| 1927 | 79 | #828 | 0.07 |
| 1926 | 89 | #767 | 0.08 |
| 1925 | 117 | #683 | 0.10 |
| 1924 | 103 | #729 | 0.08 |
| 1923 | 82 | #807 | 0.07 |
| 1922 | 78 | #833 | 0.06 |
| 1921 | 86 | #790 | 0.07 |
| 1920 | 69 | #877 | 0.06 |
| 1919 | 50 | #1,022 | 0.04 |
| 1918 | 67 | #877 | 0.06 |
| 1917 | 51 | #985 | 0.05 |
| 1916 | 60 | #880 | 0.06 |
| 1915 | 52 | #924 | 0.05 |
| 1914 | 43 | #895 | 0.06 |
| 1913 | 35 | #906 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 35 | #856 | 0.06 |
| 1911 | 13 | #1,343 | 0.03 |
| 1910 | 21 | #957 | 0.05 |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,432 | 0.03 |
| 1908 | 20 | #901 | 0.06 |
| 1907 | 11 | #1,253 | 0.03 |
| 1906 | 16 | #946 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 10 | #1,271 | 0.03 |
| 1904 | 10 | #1,216 | 0.04 |
| 1903 | 13 | #1,009 | 0.05 |
| 1902 | 11 | #1,108 | 0.04 |
| 1901 | 9 | #1,191 | 0.04 |
| 1900 | 14 | #1,037 | 0.05 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,749 | 0.02 |
| 1898 | 13 | #997 | 0.05 |
| 1897 | 12 | #962 | 0.05 |
| 1896 | 15 | #861 | 0.06 |
| 1895 | 11 | #1,029 | 0.05 |
| 1894 | 13 | #884 | 0.06 |
| 1893 | 14 | #815 | 0.07 |
| 1892 | 9 | #1,056 | 0.04 |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,164 | 0.04 |
| 1890 | 10 | #914 | 0.05 |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,217 | 0.03 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,140 | 0.04 |
| 1884 | 7 | #899 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Lyla a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lyla has been given almost only to girls: 5 boys in 139 years of records.
Girls and boys named Lyla: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lyla, and how old are they?
46,600 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 94% of the 49,299 Americans ever recorded as Lyla. The median Lyla alive today is 10 years old; half are between 5 and 15.
The 2020 Census counted 29,517 people named Lyla (29,489 women and girls, 28 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 31,383 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 335 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 609 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 259 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 380 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 13,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 32,000 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Lyla born?
The states with the most babies named Lyla are Texas, California and Florida, with 25% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 311 | #84 | 0.8× |
| California | 288 | #104 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 180 | #89 | 0.8× |
| New York | 157 | #89 | 0.7× |
| Georgia | 117 | #66 | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 114 | #79 | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 112 | #80 | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 105 | #78 | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 89 | #111 | 0.8× |
| Tennessee | 89 | #74 | 0.9× |
Where Lyla is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lyla is most over-represented in Utah: since 1910 it was given 1.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Lyla with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 396,124 babies since 1880, Lyla is the third most given (12% of them). In 2025 it was given to 3,089 of their 15,538 babies (20%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lyla
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Lyla and names like it
- Compare Lyla and LilyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sLyla peaked in 2025.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lyla since 1910.
- Arabic namesWiktionary’s origin for Lyla: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Lyla.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Lyla alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with LMost given first.