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Girl's name · #80 in the US (2025) · Trending
Lyla is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1884, it stood at #80 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 49,000 girls have been named Lyla along the way.
Already rising, US births of Lyla increased from 449 in 2006 to 887 in 2007, the year after Friday Night Lights introduced Minka Kelly as Lyla Garrity.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 50 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#50 in Scotland (2025) · #61 in England & Wales (2025) · #74 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #74 in N. Ireland (2025) · #81 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #119 in New Zealand (2025) · #140 in Ireland (2025) · #391 in France (2025) · #907 in Netherlands (2025) · #1,227 in Belgium (2025) · #1,633 in Switzerland (2025) · #113 in Canada (2024).
Among 26 notable people named Lyla:
Entertainers appear 3.47× more often than among typical names — e.g. Lyla Rocco, Italian actress (1933–2015).
Together with its spelling variants Lilah (#179), Lila (#187), and Lylah (#585), Lyla would rank around #16 with about 7,000 births last year — the newborns split about 44/25/24/7 across Lyla, Lilah, Lila, and Lylah.
Similar names: Lila · Amira · Leilani · Ayla · Aaliyah · Zara
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