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Girl's name · #259 in the US (2025) · Comeback
Leila was #165 in 1880, slipped to #1038 by 1996, and has climbed back to #259 today. About 55,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.
In recent years, Leila ran about 5× its national rate in Hawaii—where it ranked #34 in 2025.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 44 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
See how Leila ranks in other countries and regions.
#168 in New Zealand (2025) · #211 in France (2025) · #213 in Sweden (2025) · #246 in Slovenia (2025) · #250 in Scotland (2025) · #251 in Poland (2025) · #269 in England & Wales (2025) · #333 in Switzerland (2025) · #341 in Ireland (2025) · #378 in N. Ireland (2025) · #409 in Norway (2025) · #458 in Ecuador (2025) and 4 more.
Among 603 notable people named Leila:
Entertainers appear 1.81× more often than among typical names — e.g. Leila Hatami, Iranian actress.
Together with its spelling variants Leyla (#611) and Leilah (#1660), Leila would rank around #172 with about 1,800 births last year — the newborns split about 66/27/7 across Leila, Leyla, and Leilah.
Similar names: Lila · Mina · Lillie · Willa · Aisha · Ayla
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