Layla
#314 most common girls' name of all time · #585 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1950–2025
Rank among girls
#314
Rank overall
#585 of 105,966
First appeared
1950
Years on the list
62 of 146
All-time
129,245
Since 2016
60,745
Peak year
2019 #23
Best rank
#23 2019
Girls
Boys
peak 6,528/yr
Layla first appears in 1950. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,338 | — | 5,338 | #36 |
| 2024 | 5,325 | 7 | 5,332 | #37 |
| 2023 | 5,703 | — | 5,703 | #30 |
| 2022 | 6,096 | — | 6,096 | #29 |
| 2021 | 6,356 | 7 | 6,363 | #24 |
| 2020 | 6,228 | — | 6,228 | #24 |
| 2019 | 6,523 | 5 | 6,528 | #23 |
| 2018 | 6,512 | — | 6,512 | #27 |
| 2017 | 6,335 | 10 | 6,345 | #26 |
| 2016 | 6,300 | — | 6,300 | #30 |
| 2015 | 6,348 | 7 | 6,355 | #30 |
| 2014 | 6,466 | 6 | 6,472 | #29 |
| 2013 | 6,490 | 5 | 6,495 | #30 |
| 2012 | 6,279 | 8 | 6,287 | #31 |
| 2011 | 6,088 | 10 | 6,098 | #35 |
| 2010 | 5,901 | 7 | 5,908 | #36 |
| 2009 | 5,212 | 5 | 5,217 | #45 |
| 2008 | 4,931 | 8 | 4,939 | #55 |
| 2007 | 3,903 | 8 | 3,911 | #85 |
| 2006 | 3,362 | 7 | 3,369 | #101 |
| 2005 | 2,384 | — | 2,384 | #144 |
| 2004 | 2,012 | 9 | 2,021 | #167 |
| 2003 | 1,687 | — | 1,687 | #195 |
| 2002 | 1,073 | — | 1,073 | #291 |
| 2001 | 947 | — | 947 | #328 |
| 2000 | 698 | — | 698 | #407 |
| 1999 | 351 | — | 351 | #654 |
| 1998 | 247 | — | 247 | #859 |
| 1997 | 190 | — | 190 | #1,017 |
| 1996 | 215 | — | 215 | #915 |
| 1995 | 235 | — | 235 | #835 |
| 1994 | 224 | — | 224 | #876 |
| 1993 | 320 | — | 320 | #684 |
| 1992 | 166 | — | 166 | #1,087 |
| 1991 | 109 | — | 109 | #1,457 |
| 1990 | 132 | — | 132 | #1,247 |
| 1989 | 95 | — | 95 | #1,515 |
| 1988 | 109 | — | 109 | #1,325 |
| 1987 | 90 | — | 90 | #1,454 |
| 1986 | 127 | — | 127 | #1,137 |
| 1985 | 81 | — | 81 | #1,514 |
| 1984 | 111 | — | 111 | #1,187 |
| 1983 | 87 | — | 87 | #1,377 |
| 1982 | 116 | — | 116 | #1,185 |
| 1981 | 106 | — | 106 | #1,235 |
| 1980 | 130 | — | 130 | #1,086 |
| 1979 | 130 | — | 130 | #1,066 |
| 1978 | 142 | — | 142 | #979 |
| 1977 | 206 | — | 206 | #746 |
| 1976 | 174 | — | 174 | #801 |
| 1975 | 194 | — | 194 | #744 |
| 1974 | 185 | — | 185 | #758 |
| 1973 | 151 | — | 151 | #856 |
| 1972 | 124 | — | 124 | #977 |
| 1971 | 42 | — | 42 | #2,029 |
| 1970 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,675 |
| 1969 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,271 |
| 1967 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,503 |
| 1964 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,805 |
| 1957 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1955 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,128 |
| 1950 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,729 |