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Lyla

Girl · LY-la · Arabic

Lyla is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “night”. In 2025 it ranked 55th for girls in the UK (857 babies) and 80th for girls in the US (3,089 babies).

What does Lyla mean?

Arabic: spelling of Lila or Layla

“night”

Respelling of Lila, itself a form of Layla, from the Arabic for night.

Say it
LY-la

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Is Lyla a girl's or a boy's name?

Lyla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 857 girls in the UK and 3,089 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Lyla in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#55among girls
Babies in 2025
857about 1 in 320 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 29% in five years
Same name in a class
4.2%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 857 girls in the UK were named Lyla, making it the 55th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 98th.

2025 had the most girls named Lyla of any year since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Lyla in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,795 girls in the UK were given Lyla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #14, up from #55 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 61st in England and Wales, 50th in Scotland and 71st in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2024 (#74).

1996Busiest: 857 in 20252025
Lyla in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025857#55
2024714#72
2023692#74
2022708#76
2021751#78
2020569#98
2019587#99
2018597#95
2017624#99
2016600#109
2015534#119
2014545#116
2013512#122
2012460#143
2011371#161
2010348#172
2009309#192
2008257#223
2007239#240
2006197#270
2005142#322
200412#1,812
200314#1,564
20024#3,556
20015#2,928
20000–
19994#3,374
19980–
19970–
19964#3,289

How popular is Lyla in the US?

Rank in 2025
#80among girls
Babies in 2025
3,089about 1 in 520 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 23% in five years
Same name in a class
2.7%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 3,089 girls in the US were named Lyla, making it the 80th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 118th. It first appears in the records in 1884.

2025 had the most girls named Lyla of any year since it first appeared, in 1884.

Half of all the girls named Lyla in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 7,055 girls in the US were given Lyla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #23, up from #80 for this spelling alone.

1884Busiest: 3,089 in 20252025
Lyla in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20253,089#80
20242,954#83
20232,659#99
20222,665#105
20212,521#110
20202,307#118
20192,449#121
20182,306#128
20172,269#131
20162,224#138
20152,276#141
20142,383#141
20132,082#154
20122,225#146
20112,416#127
20102,291#135
20092,071#154
20081,508#223
2007887#367
2006449#642
2005293#863
2004208#1,098
2003197#1,116
2002139#1,385
2001119#1,559
200098#1,772
199984#1,871
199864#2,218
199734#3,362
199629#3,718
199526#3,964
199420#4,840
199329#3,676
199226#3,962
199130#3,534
199034#3,222
198929#3,471
198824#3,800
198715#5,069
198623#3,643
198527#3,245
198421#3,725
198317#4,285
198221#3,779
198120#3,858
198018#4,147
197920#3,776
197815#4,459
197728#2,837
197617#3,811
197522#3,155
197418#3,558
197319#3,341
197218#3,404
197116#3,787
197017#3,576
196917#3,317
196814#3,609
196711#4,052
196614#3,399
196514#3,401
196420#2,824
196328#2,251
196233#2,030
196130#2,149
196029#2,149
195931#2,020
195826#2,208
195740#1,704
195651#1,479
195537#1,690
195446#1,480
195350#1,372
195248#1,401
195162#1,182
195050#1,293
194951#1,277
194866#1,094
194749#1,301
194661#1,086
194561#984
194443#1,204
194381#864
194270#936
194153#1,006
194074#827
193965#868
193861#905
193750#992
193661#870
193562#874
193466#839
193364#834
193264#869
193166#844
193075#818
192980#779
192873#845
192779#824
192689#767
1925117#683
1924103#728
192382#800
192278#831
192186#788
192069#872
191950#1,017
191867#876
191751#978
191660#877
191552#917
191443#888
191335#901
191235#846
191113#1,300
191021#941
190910#1,369
190820#882
190711#1,206
190616#917
190510#1,237
190410#1,170
190313#969
190211#1,075
19019#1,136
190014#1,007
18995#1,595
189813#963
189712#931
189615#843
189511#986
189413#850
189314#794
18929#1,017
18917#1,093
189010#872
18896#1,146
18880–
18870–
18860–
18855#1,047
18847#851

Names like Lyla

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Luna Lyra Zara Mila Myla Nova Orla Aurora Isla Arabella Fatima Ava

Other spellings of Lyla

Lilah Lila Lylah Lillah Lylla

Names related to Lyla

Layla Leyla Lylia Leylah Liylah Liyla

More Arabic names

Muhammad Mohammed Mohammad Aaliyah Amir Amira Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo Safa Liyana