Layla

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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

Layla first appears in the data in 1949 and has been recorded in 46 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2013 with 55 babies (rank #211 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Layla

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

1,155
Total babies (all years)
46
Years in the data
55
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
19491#129
19501#101
19511#213
19712#1,220
19722#1,175
19744#1,006
197515#540
197612#613
19777#796
19789#712
19799#731
19809#744
198115#565
19827#852
198310#731
198410#722
19856#952
19868#854
19876#968
198815#627
198918#567
199012#732
199129#442
199231#425
199340#352
199443#333
199541#344
199632#409
199730#424
199832#407
199935#380
200038#364
200141#326
200245#311
200342#322
200436#347
200545#281
200641#291
200748#260
200842#283
200951#239
201043#267
201152#220
201243#241
201355#211
201441#259