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Laila
Pronounced /ˈleɪlə/
Rank in 2024
#370
Born in 2024
839
Peak year
2008 · #140
Origin
Arabic
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 839 girls were named Laila, about 1 in every 1,923.
- It peaked in 2008 with 2,413 babies, ranked #140.
- It first shows up in the records in 1884.
- 42,713 girls have been named Laila since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Laila per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.7Gen Z1997–12
- 0.9Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 343 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 187 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 280 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 647 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,313 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Z: 21,555 babies, 0.74 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 18,371 babies, 0.90 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Variant of Leila and Layla, from Arabic لَيْلَى (laylā), related to لَيْلَة (layla, “night”).
- A female given name from Arabic, variant of Leila.
- Origin
- Arabic
- Say it
- /ˈleɪlə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Laila, CC BY-SA 4.0.