Leyla
Girl · LAY-la · Arabic
Leyla is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “night”. In 2025 it ranked 426th for girls in the UK (105 babies) and 611th for girls in the US (478 babies).
What does Leyla mean?
Arabic: Turkish, Persian and Azerbaijani form of Layla
“night”
The Turkish, Persian and Azerbaijani form of Layla, the Arabic for night.
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- LAY-la
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Is Leyla a girl's or a boy's name?
Leyla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 105 girls in the UK and 478 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leyla in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #426among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 105about 1 in 2,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 105 girls in the UK were named Leyla, making it the 426th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 425th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 244 girls.
Half of all the girls named Leyla in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,460 girls in the UK were given Leyla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #32, up from #426 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 403rd in England and Wales and 632nd in Scotland.
Leyla in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 105 | #426 |
| 2024 | 121 | #393 |
| 2023 | 102 | #447 |
| 2022 | 112 | #422 |
| 2021 | 102 | #468 |
| 2020 | 111 | #425 |
| 2019 | 95 | #482 |
| 2018 | 106 | #464 |
| 2017 | 120 | #407 |
| 2016 | 99 | #485 |
| 2015 | 104 | #466 |
| 2014 | 118 | #416 |
| 2013 | 115 | #412 |
| 2012 | 157 | #343 |
| 2011 | 244 | #231 |
| 2010 | 172 | #301 |
| 2009 | 124 | #391 |
| 2008 | 102 | #454 |
| 2007 | 105 | #437 |
| 2006 | 95 | #463 |
| 2005 | 98 | #425 |
| 2004 | 79 | #483 |
| 2003 | 59 | #574 |
| 2002 | 68 | #494 |
| 2001 | 53 | #588 |
| 2000 | 48 | #615 |
| 1999 | 47 | #622 |
| 1998 | 40 | #681 |
| 1997 | 43 | #657 |
| 1996 | 34 | #733 |
How popular is Leyla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #611among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 478about 1 in 3,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 478 girls in the US were named Leyla, making it the 611th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 586th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 504 girls. It first appears in the records in 1957.
Half of all the girls named Leyla in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 8,110 girls in the US were given Leyla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #15, up from #611 for this spelling alone.
Leyla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 478 | #611 |
| 2024 | 504 | #599 |
| 2023 | 493 | #603 |
| 2022 | 504 | #594 |
| 2021 | 440 | #671 |
| 2020 | 496 | #586 |
| 2019 | 401 | #711 |
| 2018 | 459 | #646 |
| 2017 | 485 | #619 |
| 2016 | 402 | #708 |
| 2015 | 361 | #782 |
| 2014 | 410 | #690 |
| 2013 | 447 | #626 |
| 2012 | 385 | #721 |
| 2011 | 376 | #735 |
| 2010 | 370 | #750 |
| 2009 | 389 | #741 |
| 2008 | 382 | #768 |
| 2007 | 367 | #784 |
| 2006 | 263 | #988 |
| 2005 | 245 | #994 |
| 2004 | 209 | #1,094 |
| 2003 | 170 | #1,234 |
| 2002 | 142 | #1,362 |
| 2001 | 132 | #1,426 |
| 2000 | 105 | #1,671 |
| 1999 | 83 | #1,890 |
| 1998 | 45 | #2,886 |
| 1997 | 57 | #2,325 |
| 1996 | 49 | #2,554 |
| 1995 | 47 | #2,618 |
| 1994 | 36 | #3,163 |
| 1993 | 39 | #2,985 |
| 1992 | 37 | #3,086 |
| 1991 | 35 | #3,153 |
| 1990 | 28 | #3,709 |
| 1989 | 29 | #3,471 |
| 1988 | 31 | #3,160 |
| 1987 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,536 |
| 1985 | 25 | #3,418 |
| 1984 | 18 | #4,165 |
| 1983 | 28 | #2,974 |
| 1982 | 31 | #2,900 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,004 |
| 1980 | 21 | #3,718 |
| 1979 | 31 | #2,795 |
| 1978 | 36 | #2,431 |
| 1977 | 40 | #2,257 |
| 1976 | 34 | #2,387 |
| 1975 | 43 | #2,023 |
| 1974 | 36 | #2,213 |
| 1973 | 52 | #1,714 |
| 1972 | 58 | #1,578 |
| 1971 | 15 | #3,941 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,412 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,221 |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,548 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,354 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,519 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
Names like Leyla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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