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Girl's name · #611 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave
Leyla is near its high-water mark: it reached #586 in 2020 and still ranked #611 in 2025. About 11,000 girls have carried it since 1957.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 26 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#102 in Austria (2025) · #142 in Sweden (2025) · #145 in Switzerland (2025) · #155 in Netherlands (2025) · #157 in Belgium (2025) · #185 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #227 in Poland (2025) · #252 in Ecuador (2025) · #264 in France (2025) · #324 in Norway (2025) · #405 in England & Wales (2025) · #523 in Ireland (2025) and 2 more.
Among 197 notable people named Leyla:
Entertainers appear 1.96× more often than among typical names — e.g. Leyla Gencer, Turkish opera singer (1924–2008).
Together with its spelling variants Leila (#259) and Leilah (#1660), Leyla 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: Leila · Amani · Leena · Aila · Amina · Nayla
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