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How popular is the name Lylah?

Births per year, rank history and how many Lylahs are alive today.

Lylah (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 468th in 2025 with 85 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2021, when 85 babies were given the name, the 496th most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.

The Lylah you are most likely to meet is around 4 years old. Half of all Lylahs born in England and Wales are between 4 and 12, and there are at least 930 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Lylah - on average, only one in every 339 such rooms contains a Lylah.

How many babies are named Lylah each year?

025507520202002: 32005: 32006: 32007: 42008: 172009: 182010: 322011: 302012: 332013: 302014: 522015: 352016: 462017: 622018: 522019: 582020: 502021: 852022: 762023: 642024: 722025: 85actual

Where does Lylah rank among girls' names?

1101001,00010,00020202002: ranked 4,1372005: ranked 4,7982006: ranked 5,0612007: ranked 4,2942008: ranked 1,5842009: ranked 1,5262010: ranked 1,0402011: ranked 1,1172012: ranked 1,0582013: ranked 1,1482014: ranked 7502015: ranked 1,0072016: ranked 8222017: ranked 6662018: ranked 7552019: ranked 6702020: ranked 7352021: ranked 4962022: ranked 5182023: ranked 5922024: ranked 5392025: ranked 468

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.

Chart: babies named Lylah per year in England and Wales, 2002 to 2025, peaking at about 85 in 2021
Lylah: births per year in England and Wales, 2002-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Lylah most popular?

Lylah peaked in 2021, when 85 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Lylah?

At least 930 people named Lylah born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Lylah?

Most living Lylahs are between 4 and 12; the most common age is about 4.

Is Lylah becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.






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