Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls
Origin: DutchLeila, also spelt Layla, is a feminine given name of Arabic origin. It is popular in the Middle East, including Arabic-speaking countries, Iran, Turkey, and Palestine, as well as the Nordic countries, India and Anglosphere.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Layla yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Layla's data history starts later than most in this batch, in 1950 — two decades before Eric Clapton's 1970 song of the same name, meaning the name was already in quiet US use well before that cultural moment, contrary to what its popularity might suggest.
2019 marked its high point on both fronts together: 6,518 births, #23 nationally. It's eased since to 5,305 births and #37 by 2024, an 18% pullback from a decade prior.
The enrichment data's only listed bearer is professional wrestler Layla El, active since the mid-2000s, decades after the name's actual first appearance in the birth data.
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Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 7 | #4,542 |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,978 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,605 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,767 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,475 |
| 1969 | 7 | #6,309 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,720 |
| 1971 | 42 | #2,022 |
| 1972 | 124 | #974 |
| 1973 | 151 | #853 |
| 1974 | 185 | #758 |
| 1975 | 194 | #743 |
| 1976 | 174 | #800 |
| 1977 | 206 | #746 |
| 1978 | 142 | #977 |
| 1979 | 130 | #1,068 |
| 1980 | 130 | #1,085 |
| 1981 | 106 | #1,235 |
| 1982 | 116 | #1,183 |
| 1983 | 87 | #1,377 |
| 1984 | 111 | #1,187 |
| 1985 | 81 | #1,515 |
| 1986 | 127 | #1,138 |
| 1987 | 90 | #1,455 |
| 1988 | 109 | #1,324 |
| 1989 | 95 | #1,513 |
| 1990 | 132 | #1,251 |
| 1991 | 109 | #1,457 |
| 1992 | 166 | #1,086 |
| 1993 | 320 | #684 |
| 1994 | 224 | #875 |
| 1995 | 235 | #836 |
| 1996 | 215 | #914 |
| 1997 | 189 | #1,020 |
| 1998 | 247 | #860 |
| 1999 | 351 | #656 |
| 2000 | 698 | #407 |
| 2001 | 947 | #328 |
| 2002 | 1,073 | #291 |
| 2003 | 1,687 | #195 |
| 2004 | 2,012 | #167 |
| 2005 | 2,384 | #144 |
| 2006 | 3,362 | #101 |
| 2007 | 3,902 | #85 |
| 2008 | 4,931 | #55 |
| 2009 | 5,212 | #45 |
| 2010 | 5,899 | #37 |
| 2011 | 6,087 | #35 |
| 2012 | 6,278 | #31 |
| 2013 | 6,489 | #30 |
| 2014 | 6,464 | #29 |
| 2015 | 6,346 | #30 |
| 2016 | 6,298 | #30 |
| 2017 | 6,333 | #26 |
| 2018 | 6,509 | #27 |
| 2019 | 6,518 | #23 |
| 2020 | 6,221 | #24 |
| 2021 | 6,347 | #24 |
| 2022 | 6,091 | #29 |
| 2023 | 5,698 | #30 |
| 2024 | 5,305 | #37 |
