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How popular is the name Lyla?
Births per year, rank history and how many Lylas are alive today.
Lyla (female) is currently the 74th most popular girls' name in England and Wales, with 634 babies given the name in 2024. This spelling of the name peaked in 2021, when 667 babies were given the name, the 76th most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade. At least 8,900 babies have been named Lyla in England and Wales since 1996. Lyla is one spelling of a name also recorded as Lilah and Lilla; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Lyla you are most likely to meet is around 3 years old. Half of all Lylas born in England and Wales are between 5 and 13, and there are at least 13,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 4.0% chance that at least one of them will be called Lyla.
How many babies are named Lyla each year?
Includes all spellings: Lyla, Lilah, Lilla. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Lyla spelling rank?
Where does the Lilah spelling rank?
Where does the Lilla 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 Lyla most popular?
Lyla peaked in 2023, when 1,123 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Lyla?
At least 13,000 people named Lyla in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Lyla?
Most living Lylas are between 5 and 13; the most common age is about 3.
Is Lyla becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.