Laela
Girl · LAY-luh · Arabic
Laela is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “night”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 5,553rd for girls in the US (22 babies).
What does Laela mean?
Arabic: spelling variant of Leila or Layla
“night”
Layla is the heroine of the classic Arabic love story Layla and Majnun.
- Say it
- LAY-luh
Is Laela a girl's or a boy's name?
Laela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 22 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Laela in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Laela, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2017, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Laela in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Laela in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 2 | #7,391 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
How popular is Laela in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,553among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 73,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the US were named Laela, making it the 5,553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,597th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 111 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
2025 had fewer girls named Laela than any year since 1999.
Half of all the girls named Laela in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Laela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #5,553 |
| 2024 | 39 | #3,822 |
| 2023 | 36 | #4,045 |
| 2022 | 46 | #3,415 |
| 2021 | 40 | #3,734 |
| 2020 | 65 | #2,597 |
| 2019 | 50 | #3,171 |
| 2018 | 55 | #2,961 |
| 2017 | 52 | #3,091 |
| 2016 | 61 | #2,798 |
| 2015 | 46 | #3,429 |
| 2014 | 62 | #2,779 |
| 2013 | 85 | #2,187 |
| 2012 | 84 | #2,232 |
| 2011 | 99 | #1,982 |
| 2010 | 96 | #2,059 |
| 2009 | 111 | #1,889 |
| 2008 | 100 | #2,054 |
| 2007 | 100 | #2,034 |
| 2006 | 78 | #2,396 |
| 2005 | 58 | #2,823 |
| 2004 | 64 | #2,586 |
| 2003 | 56 | #2,768 |
| 2002 | 35 | #3,726 |
| 2001 | 39 | #3,413 |
| 2000 | 29 | #4,180 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
Names like Laela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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