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Lyla

Pronounced /ˈleɪlə/

Rank in 2024
#83
Born in 2024
2,944
Peak year
2024 · #83
Origin
Arabic

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 2,944 girls were named Lyla, about 1 in every 548.
  • 2024 is its biggest year on record.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1884.
  • 46,185 girls have been named Lyla since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Lyla per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. 0.5
    Gen Z
  7. 1.4
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 1,240 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Silent: 1,169 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Boomers: 808 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 278 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 391 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 13,080 babies, 0.45 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 29,078 babies, 1.43 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

A spelling variant of Leila.

  • A female given name from Arabic.
Origin
Arabic
Say it
/ˈleɪlə/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Lyla, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

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    Lily

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    #24
    Born '24
    6,093
    Origin
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    1880peak 20112024
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    Layla

    Rank
    #37
    Born '24
    5,305
    Origin
    Arabic
    1880peak 20192024
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    Lilah

    Rank
    #179
    Born '24
    1,685
    Origin
    Hebrew
    1880peak 20242024
  • GirlBoySteady

    Lila

    Rank
    #207
    Born '24
    1,475
    Origin
    Arabic
    1880peak 20102024
  • GirlBoySteady

    Leila

    Rank
    #267
    Born '24
    1,191
    Origin
    Arabic
    1880peak 20102024
  • GirlBoyVintage revival

    Lola

    Rank
    #272
    Born '24
    1,155
    Origin
    Spanish
    1880peak 19192024