Leilah
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,652 for girls
Leilah is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 1,652nd for girls in the US (125 babies).
What does Leilah mean?
Arabic
A female given name from Arabic, variant of Leila.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Leilah a girl's or a boy's name?
Leilah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 125 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leilah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Leilah, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 31 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Leilah than any year since 1998.
Half of all the girls named Leilah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Leilah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,833 |
| 2016 | 26 | #1,361 |
| 2015 | 31 | #1,193 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2012 | 25 | #1,384 |
| 2011 | 21 | #1,518 |
| 2010 | 28 | #1,229 |
| 2009 | 25 | #1,285 |
| 2008 | 25 | #1,258 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,874 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,692 |
| 2004 | 15 | #1,561 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,649 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,832 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,770 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Leilah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,652nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 125 about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 125 girls in the US were named Leilah, making it the 1,652nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,362nd. Its busiest year was 2010, with 251 girls. It first appears in the records in 1898.
Half of all the girls named Leilah in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Leilah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 125 | #1,652 |
| 2024 | 115 | #1,753 |
| 2023 | 157 | #1,421 |
| 2022 | 194 | #1,239 |
| 2021 | 162 | #1,364 |
| 2020 | 160 | #1,362 |
| 2019 | 168 | #1,349 |
| 2018 | 198 | #1,199 |
| 2017 | 205 | #1,190 |
| 2016 | 176 | #1,345 |
| 2015 | 196 | #1,247 |
| 2014 | 211 | #1,164 |
| 2013 | 204 | #1,178 |
| 2012 | 189 | #1,269 |
| 2011 | 215 | #1,138 |
| 2010 | 251 | #1,000 |
| 2009 | 216 | #1,163 |
| 2008 | 191 | #1,299 |
| 2007 | 160 | #1,459 |
| 2006 | 125 | #1,682 |
| 2005 | 99 | #1,932 |
| 2004 | 85 | #2,115 |
| 2003 | 90 | #2,000 |
| 2002 | 53 | #2,815 |
| 2001 | 33 | #3,860 |
| 2000 | 39 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,193 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,289 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,501 |
Names like Leilah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Layla, Noa, Safa, Zainab, Ayah, Aaliyah, Hafsa, Nusaybah, Ayla, Hiba, Amira, Farah
Names related to Leilah
Lilah, Lila, Leila, Lailah, Lela, Lillah, Lilliah, Lelia, Leylah, Leelah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo, Liyana
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, “Leilah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/leilah, updated 20 October 2026.