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Girl's name · #413 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave
Laila reached its best rank, #135, in 2009 and ranked #413 in 2025. About 43,000 girls have carried it since 1884.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 41 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#223 in Poland (2025) · #295 in England & Wales (2025) · #312 in Scotland (2025) · #365 in Sweden (2025) · #371 in Ireland (2025) · #408 in Norway (2025) · #412 in Switzerland (2025) · #493 in Austria (2025) · #670 in Ecuador (2025) · #763 in Belgium (2025) · #801 in Netherlands (2025) · #1,040 in France (2025) and 1 more.
Among 402 notable people named Laila:
Entertainers appear 1.88× more often than among typical names — e.g. Laila Mourad, Egyptian actor and singer (1918–1995).
Together with its spelling variant Layla (#36), Laila would rank around #27 with about 6,100 births last year — the newborns split about 88/12 between Layla and Laila.
Similar names: Layla · Aliyah · Laina · Jayla · Amina · Ayla
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