Laylah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LAY-la
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,051 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,250 for girls
Laylah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “night”. In 2025 it ranked 1,051st for girls in the UK (34 babies) and 1,250th for girls in the US (179 babies).
What does Laylah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Layla
“night”
A spelling of Layla, the Arabic for night, made famous by the love story of Layla and Majnun.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Laylah a girl's or a boy's name?
Laylah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 girls in the UK and 179 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Laylah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,051st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 34 about 1 in 8,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 34 girls in the UK were named Laylah, making it the 1,051st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,180th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 47 girls.
2025 had more girls named Laylah than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Laylah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,460 girls in the UK were given Laylah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #32, up from #1,051 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 997th in England and Wales.
Laylah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #1,051 |
| 2024 | 30 | #1,176 |
| 2023 | 28 | #1,247 |
| 2022 | 31 | #1,150 |
| 2021 | 21 | #1,553 |
| 2020 | 30 | #1,180 |
| 2019 | 28 | #1,256 |
| 2018 | 22 | #1,524 |
| 2017 | 35 | #1,079 |
| 2016 | 40 | #985 |
| 2015 | 32 | #1,160 |
| 2014 | 36 | #1,053 |
| 2013 | 47 | #868 |
| 2012 | 43 | #934 |
| 2011 | 34 | #1,092 |
| 2010 | 26 | #1,299 |
| 2009 | 26 | #1,245 |
| 2008 | 28 | #1,141 |
| 2007 | 19 | #1,477 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,692 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Laylah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,250th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 179 about 1 in 9,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 179 girls in the US were named Laylah, making it the 1,250th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 782nd. Its busiest year was 2014, with 496 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Laylah than any year since 2005.
Half of all the girls named Laylah in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 8,110 girls in the US were given Laylah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #15, up from #1,250 for this spelling alone.
Laylah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 179 | #1,250 |
| 2024 | 235 | #1,061 |
| 2023 | 261 | #983 |
| 2022 | 294 | #919 |
| 2021 | 315 | #866 |
| 2020 | 347 | #782 |
| 2019 | 334 | #818 |
| 2018 | 352 | #775 |
| 2017 | 391 | #728 |
| 2016 | 434 | #672 |
| 2015 | 405 | #703 |
| 2014 | 496 | #594 |
| 2013 | 446 | #628 |
| 2012 | 458 | #622 |
| 2011 | 411 | #684 |
| 2010 | 377 | #739 |
| 2009 | 329 | #848 |
| 2008 | 269 | #989 |
| 2007 | 237 | #1,095 |
| 2006 | 204 | #1,188 |
| 2005 | 147 | #1,444 |
| 2004 | 97 | #1,924 |
| 2003 | 93 | #1,946 |
| 2002 | 52 | #2,850 |
| 2001 | 42 | #3,252 |
| 2000 | 30 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
Names like Laylah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Ayah, Aaliyah, Nusaybah, Hafsa, Hiba, Sumayyah, Farah, Ruqayyah, Rahma, Izzah
Other spellings of Laylah
Names related to Laylah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Laylah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/laylah, updated 20 October 2026.