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How popular is the name Leyla?
Births per year, rank history and how many Leylas are alive today.
Leyla (female) is an uncommon spelling of the girls' name Laila in England and Wales, ranked 403rd in 2025 with 101 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2011, when 226 babies were given the name, the 224th most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 485 in 2019 before climbing back to the 403rd place it holds today. Numbers have been stable 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 Leyla each year?
Includes all spellings: Leyla, Laila, Lailah, Laylah. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Leyla spelling rank?
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Where does the Lailah spelling rank?
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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 Leyla 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 Leyla spelling itself peaked in 2011, with 226 babies.
How many people are called Leyla?
At least 11,000 people named Leyla in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Leyla?
Most living Leylas are between 10 and 19; the most common age is about 15.
Is Leyla becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.