Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Laila

#660 most common girls' name of all time · #1,205 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1884–2025

Rank among girls
#660
Rank overall
#1,205 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
121 of 146
All-time
43,507
Since 2016
12,958
Peak year
2008 #140
Best rank
#135 2009
Girls Boys peak 2,414/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Laila first appears in 1884. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 755 — 755 #413
2024 844 — 844 #371
2023 989 — 989 #313
2022 1,031 — 1,031 #309
2021 1,253 — 1,253 #243
2020 1,303 — 1,303 #227
2019 1,461 — 1,461 #210
2018 1,620 — 1,620 #182
2017 1,751 — 1,751 #173
2016 1,951 — 1,951 #164
2015 1,889 — 1,889 #170
2014 2,147 — 2,147 #149
2013 2,143 5 2,148 #144
2012 2,250 7 2,257 #143
2011 2,198 — 2,198 #141
2010 2,249 — 2,249 #140
2009 2,379 5 2,384 #135
2008 2,414 — 2,414 #140
2007 2,365 — 2,365 #148
2006 1,445 — 1,445 #236
2005 1,453 — 1,453 #234
2004 1,282 6 1,288 #250
2003 1,306 — 1,306 #249
2002 801 — 801 #370
2001 612 — 612 #453
2000 389 — 389 #643
1999 168 — 168 #1,160
1998 131 — 131 #1,341
1997 116 — 116 #1,434
1996 111 — 111 #1,478
1995 110 — 110 #1,457
1994 87 — 87 #1,709
1993 96 — 96 #1,590
1992 100 — 100 #1,552
1991 101 — 101 #1,538
1990 78 — 78 #1,831
1989 79 — 79 #1,720
1988 60 — 60 #1,990
1987 59 — 59 #1,922
1986 79 — 79 #1,540
1985 70 — 70 #1,667
1984 79 — 79 #1,462
1983 76 — 76 #1,500
1982 56 — 56 #1,908
1981 72 — 72 #1,616
1980 64 — 64 #1,736
1979 58 — 58 #1,837
1978 63 — 63 #1,672
1977 49 — 49 #1,981
1976 60 — 60 #1,642
1975 62 — 62 #1,591
1974 53 — 53 #1,713
1973 47 — 47 #1,810
1972 34 — 34 #2,232
1971 24 — 24 #2,884
1970 24 — 24 #2,865
1969 23 — 23 #2,778
1968 21 — 21 #2,797
1967 17 — 17 #3,102
1966 29 — 29 #2,202
1965 20 — 20 #2,756
1964 25 — 25 #2,484
1963 25 — 25 #2,441
1962 25 — 25 #2,419
1961 17 — 17 #3,082
1960 18 — 18 #2,915
1959 17 — 17 #2,881
1958 23 — 23 #2,393
1957 17 — 17 #2,842
1956 12 — 12 #3,523
1955 15 — 15 #2,990
1954 11 — 11 #3,525
1953 20 — 20 #2,378
1952 10 — 10 #3,586
1951 11 — 11 #3,310
1949 7 — 7 #4,270
1948 9 — 9 #3,628
1947 9 — 9 #3,746
1946 10 — 10 #3,259
1945 10 — 10 #2,955
1944 6 — 6 #4,111
1943 15 — 15 #2,372
1942 10 — 10 #3,025
1941 7 — 7 #3,621
1940 6 — 6 #3,923
1939 8 — 8 #3,210
1938 11 — 11 #2,606
1937 11 — 11 #2,597
1936 11 — 11 #2,553
1935 7 — 7 #3,477
1934 12 — 12 #2,446
1933 14 — 14 #2,190
1932 10 — 10 #2,863
1931 10 — 10 #2,797
1930 13 — 13 #2,466
1929 15 — 15 #2,215
1928 11 — 11 #2,806
1927 17 — 17 #2,187
1926 14 — 14 #2,491
1925 19 — 19 #2,049
1924 8 — 8 #3,701
1923 26 — 26 #1,648
1922 11 — 11 #2,992
1921 31 — 31 #1,486
1920 25 — 25 #1,678
1919 29 — 29 #1,460
1918 17 — 17 #2,134
1917 19 — 19 #1,868
1916 25 — 25 #1,503
1915 23 — 23 #1,547
1914 22 — 22 #1,359
1913 12 — 12 #1,809
1912 12 — 12 #1,659
1911 9 — 9 #1,696
1910 7 — 7 #1,983
1909 5 — 5 #2,267
1908 6 — 6 #1,922
1903 6 — 6 #1,660
1899 5 — 5 #1,664
1893 5 — 5 #1,505
1884 7 — 7 #917