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How popular is the name Layla?
Births per year, rank history and how many Laylas are alive today.
Layla (female) is currently the 56th most popular girls' name in England and Wales, with 760 babies given the name in 2024. The name peaked in 2012, when 1,796 babies were given the name, the 29th most popular that year. It has declined since 2012; the 2024 figure is roughly 42% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 24,000 babies have been named Layla in England and Wales since 1996.
The Layla you are most likely to meet is around 14 years old. Half of all Laylas born in England and Wales are between 8 and 17, and there are at least 25,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 7.6% chance that at least one of them will be called Layla.
How many babies are named Layla each year?
Where does Layla rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Layla most popular?
Layla peaked in 2012, when 1,796 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Layla?
At least 25,000 people named Layla born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Layla?
Most living Laylas are between 8 and 17; the most common age is about 14.
Is Layla becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2012 peak.