Layla
Girl · LAY-la · Arabic
Layla is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “night”. In 2025 it ranked 49th for girls in the UK (954 babies) and 36th for girls in the US (5,338 babies).
What does Layla mean?
Arabic: Arabic word name
“night”
The Persian poet Nizami's version of Layla and Majnun inspired Eric Clapton's song Layla.
- Say it
- LAY-la
More on Wiktionary.
Is Layla a girl's or a boy's name?
Layla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 954 girls in the UK and 5,338 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Layla in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #49among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 954about 1 in 290 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 4.7%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 954 girls in the UK were named Layla, making it the 49th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 47th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 1,997 girls.
Half of all the girls named Layla in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,460 girls in the UK were given Layla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #32, up from #49 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 50th in England and Wales, 43rd in Scotland and 68th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2014 (#38) and 2024 (#56).
Layla in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 954 | #49 |
| 2024 | 872 | #55 |
| 2023 | 935 | #54 |
| 2022 | 939 | #56 |
| 2021 | 1,041 | #53 |
| 2020 | 1,087 | #47 |
| 2019 | 1,153 | #49 |
| 2018 | 1,300 | #41 |
| 2017 | 1,502 | #38 |
| 2016 | 1,547 | #37 |
| 2015 | 1,609 | #33 |
| 2014 | 1,615 | #33 |
| 2013 | 1,758 | #31 |
| 2012 | 1,997 | #28 |
| 2011 | 1,949 | #31 |
| 2010 | 1,562 | #46 |
| 2009 | 1,370 | #47 |
| 2008 | 1,031 | #73 |
| 2007 | 778 | #86 |
| 2006 | 635 | #97 |
| 2005 | 557 | #105 |
| 2004 | 405 | #147 |
| 2003 | 368 | #150 |
| 2002 | 248 | #188 |
| 2001 | 189 | #242 |
| 2000 | 173 | #261 |
| 1999 | 175 | #257 |
| 1998 | 129 | #314 |
| 1997 | 153 | #276 |
| 1996 | 142 | #282 |
How popular is Layla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #36among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5,338about 1 in 300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 4.6%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5,338 girls in the US were named Layla, making it the 36th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 24th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 6,523 girls. It first appears in the records in 1950.
Half of all the girls named Layla in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 8,110 girls in the US were given Layla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #15, up from #36 for this spelling alone.
Layla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,338 | #36 |
| 2024 | 5,325 | #37 |
| 2023 | 5,703 | #30 |
| 2022 | 6,096 | #29 |
| 2021 | 6,356 | #24 |
| 2020 | 6,228 | #24 |
| 2019 | 6,523 | #23 |
| 2018 | 6,512 | #27 |
| 2017 | 6,335 | #26 |
| 2016 | 6,300 | #30 |
| 2015 | 6,348 | #30 |
| 2014 | 6,466 | #29 |
| 2013 | 6,490 | #30 |
| 2012 | 6,279 | #31 |
| 2011 | 6,088 | #35 |
| 2010 | 5,901 | #36 |
| 2009 | 5,212 | #45 |
| 2008 | 4,931 | #55 |
| 2007 | 3,903 | #85 |
| 2006 | 3,362 | #100 |
| 2005 | 2,384 | #144 |
| 2004 | 2,012 | #167 |
| 2003 | 1,687 | #195 |
| 2002 | 1,073 | #291 |
| 2001 | 947 | #328 |
| 2000 | 698 | #407 |
| 1999 | 351 | #654 |
| 1998 | 247 | #859 |
| 1997 | 190 | #1,012 |
| 1996 | 215 | #912 |
| 1995 | 235 | #831 |
| 1994 | 224 | #871 |
| 1993 | 320 | #682 |
| 1992 | 166 | #1,083 |
| 1991 | 109 | #1,449 |
| 1990 | 132 | #1,243 |
| 1989 | 95 | #1,503 |
| 1988 | 109 | #1,319 |
| 1987 | 90 | #1,445 |
| 1986 | 127 | #1,136 |
| 1985 | 81 | #1,504 |
| 1984 | 111 | #1,184 |
| 1983 | 87 | #1,373 |
| 1982 | 116 | #1,178 |
| 1981 | 106 | #1,227 |
| 1980 | 130 | #1,083 |
| 1979 | 130 | #1,061 |
| 1978 | 142 | #976 |
| 1977 | 206 | #746 |
| 1976 | 174 | #800 |
| 1975 | 194 | #741 |
| 1974 | 185 | #757 |
| 1973 | 151 | #851 |
| 1972 | 124 | #972 |
| 1971 | 42 | #2,001 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,739 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,313 |
Names like Layla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayla Zara Maya Safa Lyla Aisha Summer Raya Lyra Amira Sienna Zainab
Other spellings of Layla
Names related to Layla
More Arabic names
Muhammad Mohammed Mohammad Aaliyah Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo Liyana Dua Hana