Leylah
Girl · Arabic
Leylah is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 3,249th for girls in the US (48 babies).
What does Leylah mean?
Arabic
A female given name from Arabic, variant of Leila.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Leylah a girl's or a boy's name?
Leylah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 48 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leylah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Leylah, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2011, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Leylah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Leylah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
How popular is Leylah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,249among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 48about 1 in 33,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 48 girls in the US were named Leylah, making it the 3,249th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,546th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 63 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Leylah in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Leylah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | #3,249 |
| 2024 | 43 | #3,575 |
| 2023 | 63 | #2,730 |
| 2022 | 63 | #2,720 |
| 2021 | 52 | #3,112 |
| 2020 | 42 | #3,546 |
| 2019 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2018 | 49 | #3,244 |
| 2017 | 58 | #2,873 |
| 2016 | 62 | #2,761 |
| 2015 | 55 | #3,059 |
| 2014 | 58 | #2,920 |
| 2013 | 52 | #3,122 |
| 2012 | 41 | #3,781 |
| 2011 | 38 | #3,915 |
| 2010 | 45 | #3,515 |
| 2009 | 46 | #3,511 |
| 2008 | 31 | #4,760 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,706 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
Names like Leylah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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