Lyla-Rae
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LY-la-RAY
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,868 for girls
Lyla-Rae is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “night + ewe”. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies).
What does Lyla-Rae mean?
Modern: combination of Lyla and Rae
“night + ewe”
Pairs Lyla, a variant of Lila usually linked to Arabic layla, 'night', with Rae, originally a short form of Rachel.
Is Lyla-Rae a girl's or a boy's name?
Lyla-Rae is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lyla-Rae in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,868th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Lyla-Rae, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 23 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lyla-Rae in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 30 girls in the UK were given Lyla-Rae or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,037, up from #1,868 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,809th in England and Wales.
Lyla-Rae in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,868 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2022 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2021 | 23 | #1,448 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 14 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
Nicknames for Lyla-Rae
- Lyla 857 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Lyla-Rae
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ottilie, Lottie, Elodie, Bonnie, Ivy-Rose, Rosie, Marnie, Aurora, Elsie, Delilah, Athena, Lottie-Mae
Other spellings of Lyla-Rae
Lilah-Rae, Lylah-Rae
Names related to Lyla-Rae
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lyla-Rae: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lyla-rae, updated 20 October 2026.