Laila

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Dutch

Meaning

Leila, 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

Laila first appears in the data in 1948 and has been recorded in 64 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2000 with 47 babies (rank #309 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Laila

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Laila yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

1,257
Total babies (all years)
64
Years in the data
47
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19481#134
19511#211
19531#1,157
19542#1,005
19552#1,020
19563#931
19573#947
19584#903
19599#692
19608#731
196112#638
19629#727
19636#843
19647#823
19657#818
19662#1,199
19672#1,232
196810#730
19699#785
19706#900
197111#703
197211#684
197311#664
197432#370
197521#463
197617#509
197715#543
197817#505
197915#549
198023#459
198127#411
198233#353
198330#374
198417#542
198530#395
198625#451
198733#381
198833#385
198936#373
199026#465
199121#558
199230#440
199333#401
199424#507
199526#465
199618#587
199726#471
199844#329
199939#354
200047#309
200135#375
200244#316
200330#417
200429#403
200526#418
200627#401
200731#358
200826#414
200922#453
201028#363
201127#351
201217#468
201326#347
201414#500