Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Lyla yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Lyla is at its peak right now — 2,944 births in 2024, rank 83, both records. The odd detail is how long it took. The name surfaces in 1884 and has technically shown up in every decade from then on, but the all-time total is only 46,190, which means well over a century of near-invisibility followed by a recent climb of 24% in ten years. No namesakes are recorded and no origin is listed. Functionally it operates as a respelling of Lila or a shortening of Delilah, and its rise tracks the broader preference for short vowel-heavy girls' names that also lifted Mila and Ayla. Names that peak on their most recent data point are the hardest to forecast, because nothing in the chart yet shows what the ceiling looks like.
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Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1884 | 7 | #899 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,140 |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,218 |
| 1890 | 10 | #914 |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,164 |
| 1892 | 9 | #1,056 |
| 1893 | 14 | #815 |
| 1894 | 13 | #884 |
| 1895 | 11 | #1,029 |
| 1896 | 15 | #861 |
| 1897 | 12 | #962 |
| 1898 | 13 | #997 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,750 |
| 1900 | 14 | #1,038 |
| 1901 | 9 | #1,191 |
| 1902 | 11 | #1,108 |
| 1903 | 13 | #1,009 |
| 1904 | 10 | #1,216 |
| 1905 | 10 | #1,272 |
| 1906 | 16 | #946 |
| 1907 | 11 | #1,253 |
| 1908 | 20 | #901 |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,432 |
| 1910 | 21 | #957 |
| 1911 | 13 | #1,343 |
| 1912 | 35 | #856 |
| 1913 | 35 | #906 |
| 1914 | 43 | #895 |
| 1915 | 52 | #924 |
| 1916 | 60 | #880 |
| 1917 | 51 | #985 |
| 1918 | 67 | #877 |
| 1919 | 50 | #1,022 |
| 1920 | 69 | #877 |
| 1921 | 86 | #790 |
| 1922 | 78 | #833 |
| 1923 | 82 | #807 |
| 1924 | 103 | #729 |
| 1925 | 117 | #683 |
| 1926 | 89 | #767 |
| 1927 | 79 | #828 |
| 1928 | 73 | #850 |
| 1929 | 80 | #785 |
| 1930 | 75 | #820 |
| 1931 | 66 | #852 |
| 1932 | 64 | #872 |
| 1933 | 64 | #842 |
| 1934 | 66 | #845 |
| 1935 | 62 | #881 |
| 1936 | 61 | #872 |
| 1937 | 50 | #998 |
| 1938 | 61 | #907 |
| 1939 | 65 | #873 |
| 1940 | 74 | #832 |
| 1941 | 53 | #1,010 |
| 1942 | 70 | #940 |
| 1943 | 81 | #866 |
| 1944 | 43 | #1,215 |
| 1945 | 61 | #990 |
| 1946 | 61 | #1,096 |
| 1947 | 49 | #1,306 |
| 1948 | 66 | #1,100 |
| 1949 | 51 | #1,285 |
| 1950 | 50 | #1,297 |
| 1951 | 62 | #1,188 |
| 1952 | 48 | #1,411 |
| 1953 | 50 | #1,385 |
| 1954 | 46 | #1,492 |
| 1955 | 37 | #1,716 |
| 1956 | 51 | #1,497 |
| 1957 | 40 | #1,717 |
| 1958 | 26 | #2,237 |
| 1959 | 31 | #2,043 |
| 1960 | 29 | #2,173 |
| 1961 | 30 | #2,184 |
| 1962 | 33 | #2,054 |
| 1963 | 28 | #2,278 |
| 1964 | 20 | #2,879 |
| 1965 | 14 | #3,489 |
| 1966 | 14 | #3,473 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,194 |
| 1968 | 14 | #3,708 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,402 |
| 1970 | 17 | #3,658 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,875 |
| 1972 | 18 | #3,478 |
| 1973 | 19 | #3,414 |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,640 |
| 1975 | 22 | #3,220 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,892 |
| 1977 | 28 | #2,881 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,575 |
| 1979 | 20 | #3,852 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,237 |
| 1981 | 20 | #3,945 |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,856 |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,392 |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,813 |
| 1985 | 27 | #3,295 |
| 1986 | 23 | #3,713 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,210 |
| 1988 | 24 | #3,850 |
| 1989 | 29 | #3,533 |
| 1990 | 34 | #3,264 |
| 1991 | 30 | #3,591 |
| 1992 | 26 | #4,035 |
| 1993 | 29 | #3,738 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,945 |
| 1995 | 26 | #4,046 |
| 1996 | 29 | #3,786 |
| 1997 | 34 | #3,410 |
| 1998 | 64 | #2,231 |
| 1999 | 84 | #1,885 |
| 2000 | 98 | #1,786 |
| 2001 | 119 | #1,567 |
| 2002 | 139 | #1,389 |
| 2003 | 196 | #1,125 |
| 2004 | 208 | #1,100 |
| 2005 | 293 | #865 |
| 2006 | 449 | #642 |
| 2007 | 887 | #368 |
| 2008 | 1,508 | #223 |
| 2009 | 2,070 | #154 |
| 2010 | 2,290 | #135 |
| 2011 | 2,416 | #127 |
| 2012 | 2,225 | #146 |
| 2013 | 2,083 | #154 |
| 2014 | 2,383 | #141 |
| 2015 | 2,276 | #141 |
| 2016 | 2,224 | #138 |
| 2017 | 2,268 | #131 |
| 2018 | 2,305 | #128 |
| 2019 | 2,449 | #121 |
| 2020 | 2,307 | #118 |
| 2021 | 2,520 | #110 |
| 2022 | 2,664 | #105 |
| 2023 | 2,655 | #99 |
| 2024 | 2,944 | #83 |
