Lyla Girl
How popular is Lyla?
#80 girl name in 2025
3,089 baby girls were named Lyla in the US in 2025, making it the 80th most popular girl name.
Lyla popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #80 for girls (▲ 3 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 3,089 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+36% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #141 in 2015, #118 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (3,089 girls) |
| Highest rank | #80 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1884 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lyla counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lyla family of names ranked #23 for girls in 2025 (#30 the year before), with 7,081 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lyla | 3,089 | 44% |
| Lila | 1,670 | 24% |
| Lilah | 1,736 | 25% |
| Lylah | 503 | 7% |
| Lilla | 26 | 0% |
| Lylla | 48 | 1% |
| Lillah | 9 | 0% |
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 Lyla is most popular
Babies named Lyla per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alaska: 4.9 per 1,000 (42 girls)
- North Dakota: 4.8 per 1,000 (63 girls)
- New Hampshire: 4.5 per 1,000 (84 girls)
- Rhode Island: 4.2 per 1,000 (53 girls)
- Utah: 3.9 per 1,000 (328 girls)
Lyla by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 18 | #851 |
| 1890s | 109 | #794 |
| 1900s | 124 | #882 |
| 1910s | 427 | #846 |
| 1920s | 856 | #683 |
| 1930s | 634 | #818 |
| 1940s | 609 | #827 |
| 1950s | 441 | #1,182 |
| 1960s | 210 | #2,030 |
| 1970s | 190 | #2,837 |
| 1980s | 215 | #3,245 |
| 1990s | 376 | #1,871 |
| 2000s | 5,969 | #154 |
| 2010s | 22,921 | #121 |
| 2020s | 16,195 | #80 |
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Questions
- Is Lyla a boy or girl name?
- Lyla is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lyla were girls.
- How popular is the name Lyla?
- 3,089 baby girls were named Lyla in the US in 2025, making it the 80th most popular girl name.
- When was Lyla most popular?
- Lyla peaked in 2025, when 3,089 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #80 in 2025.
- How many people are named Lyla?
- 49,299 babies have been named Lyla in the US since 1880. We estimate about 46,749 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 10.
- Where is Lyla most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lyla was most common in Alaska, at 4.9 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.