Lylah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LY-la
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #460 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #584 for girls
Lylah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “night”. In 2025 it ranked 460th for girls in the UK (95 babies) and 584th for girls in the US (503 babies).
What does Lylah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Lyla, from Layla
“night”
Spelling of Lyla, a form of Layla, from the Arabic for night.
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Is Lylah a girl's or a boy's name?
Lylah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 95 girls in the UK and 503 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lylah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #460among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 95about 1 in 2,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 95 girls in the UK were named Lylah, making it the 460th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 707th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 96 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lylah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,795 girls in the UK were given Lylah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #14, up from #460 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 468th in England and Wales and 324th in Scotland.
Lylah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 95 | #460 |
| 2024 | 89 | #500 |
| 2023 | 77 | #548 |
| 2022 | 81 | #530 |
| 2021 | 96 | #489 |
| 2020 | 57 | #707 |
| 2019 | 58 | #728 |
| 2018 | 55 | #774 |
| 2017 | 70 | #654 |
| 2016 | 48 | #850 |
| 2015 | 37 | #1,040 |
| 2014 | 56 | #754 |
| 2013 | 37 | #1,044 |
| 2012 | 35 | #1,078 |
| 2011 | 32 | #1,141 |
| 2010 | 32 | #1,112 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,621 |
| 2008 | 17 | #1,679 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
How popular is Lylah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #584among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 503about 1 in 3,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 503 girls in the US were named Lylah, making it the 584th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 594th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 556 girls. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the girls named Lylah in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 7,055 girls in the US were given Lylah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #23, up from #584 for this spelling alone.
Lylah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 503 | #584 |
| 2024 | 556 | #544 |
| 2023 | 493 | #603 |
| 2022 | 514 | #581 |
| 2021 | 522 | #581 |
| 2020 | 489 | #594 |
| 2019 | 463 | #635 |
| 2018 | 471 | #633 |
| 2017 | 460 | #641 |
| 2016 | 418 | #694 |
| 2015 | 453 | #629 |
| 2014 | 469 | #615 |
| 2013 | 440 | #640 |
| 2012 | 450 | #633 |
| 2011 | 445 | #642 |
| 2010 | 359 | #761 |
| 2009 | 341 | #827 |
| 2008 | 197 | #1,265 |
| 2007 | 153 | #1,510 |
| 2006 | 86 | #2,229 |
| 2005 | 48 | #3,208 |
| 2004 | 38 | #3,744 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,105 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,494 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,193 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,097 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
Names like Lylah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Nusaybah Ayah Zainab Hafsa Aaliyah Hiba Rahma Sumayyah Ruqayyah Safaa Aaminah
Other spellings of Lylah
Names related to Lylah
More Arabic names
Muhammad Mohammed Mohammad Zara Amir Amira 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, “Lylah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lylah, updated 20 October 2026.