Layla

“Variant of Leila — Night” — Arabic (لَيْلَى, from ليل 'night') origin

Girl's name · #36 in the US (2025) · 2010s

Layla reached its best rank, #23, in 2019 and remains near the top at #36 today. About 129,000 girls have carried it since 1950. Layla gained popularity in the early 1970s, helped by Derek and the Dominos’ song Layla, released in 1970. Together with its spelling variant Laila (#413), Layla would rank around #27 with about 6,100 births last year — the newborns split about 88/12 between Layla and Laila.

Around the world: #32 in New Zealand (2025) · #35 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #35 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #41 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #43 in Scotland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Laylas

Layla El — British professional wrestler, dancer, and model
Layla Al-Attar — Iraqi artist and painter (1944-1993)
Layla al-Akhyaliyya — Famous Umayyad Arab poet who was renowned for her poetry, eloquence, strong personality as well as her beauty
Layla Balabakki — Lebanese author
Layla Moran — British politician (born 1982)

In stories & tradition

Layla Miller — Earth-616
Layla Hassan — Assassin's Creed
Layla bint Mahdi — Layla and Majnun · Leili and Majnun

What Laylas become

Among 147 notable people named Layla:

Entertainers appear 2.28× more often than among typical names — e.g. Layla El, British professional wrestler, dancer, and model.

Similar names: Laila · Aaliyah · Lainey · Ayla · Ella · Amina

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