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How popular is the name Laylah?
Births per year, rank history and how many Laylahs are alive today.
Laylah (female) is an uncommon spelling of the girls' name Laila in England and Wales, ranked 997th in 2025 with 34 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2013, when 41 babies were given the name, the 900th most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 1692 in 2021 before climbing back to the 997th place it holds today. Numbers have been rising in recent years.
Across all spellings of the name, the Laila you are most likely to meet is around 15 years old. Half of all Lailas born in England and Wales are between 10 and 19, and there are at least 11,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 3.4% chance that at least one of them will be called Laila.
How many babies are named Laylah each year?
Includes all spellings: Laylah, Laila, Lailah, Leyla. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Laylah spelling rank?
Where does the Laila spelling rank?
Where does the Lailah spelling rank?
Where does the Leyla spelling rank?
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 Laylah most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Laila, peaked in 2010, when 821 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Laylah spelling itself peaked in 2013, with 41 babies.
How many people are called Laylah?
At least 11,000 people named Laylah in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Laylah?
Most living Laylahs are between 10 and 19; the most common age is about 15.
Is Laylah becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.