Leilah Girl
How popular is Leilah?
#1,652 girl name in 2025
125 baby girls were named Leilah in the US in 2025, making it the 1652nd most popular girl name.
Leilah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,652 for girls (▲ 101 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 125 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-36% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,247 in 2015, #1,362 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2010 (251 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,000 in 2010 |
| First recorded | 1898 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Leilah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Leila family of names ranked #182 for girls in 2025, with 1,844 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Leilah is most popular
Babies named Leilah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (172 girls)
- Texas: 0.2 per 1,000 (133 girls)
- Arizona: 0.1 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (53 girls)
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (23 girls)
Leilah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | #1,501 |
| 1910s | 12 | #3,917 |
| 1920s | 12 | #4,193 |
| 1940s | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1970s | 30 | #6,188 |
| 1980s | 61 | #6,153 |
| 1990s | 98 | #6,185 |
| 2000s | 1,091 | #1,163 |
| 2010s | 2,013 | #1,000 |
| 2020s | 913 | #1,239 |
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Questions
- Is Leilah a boy or girl name?
- Leilah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Leilah were girls.
- How popular is the name Leilah?
- 125 baby girls were named Leilah in the US in 2025, making it the 1652nd most popular girl name.
- When was Leilah most popular?
- Leilah peaked in 2010, when 251 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,000 in 2010.
- How many people are named Leilah?
- 4,241 babies have been named Leilah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,182 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Leilah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Leilah was most common in California, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.