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“Night” — Arabic (Proto-Semitic *laylay-) origin
Girl's name · #259 in the US (2025) · Comeback
Leila was #165 in 1880, slipped to #1038 by 1996, and has climbed back to #259 today. About 55,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. In Hawaii it runs about 5× its national rate and ranks #27. Together with its spelling variants Leyla (#611) and Leilah (#1660), Leila would rank around #172 with about 1,800 births last year — the newborns split about 66/27/7 across Leila, Leyla, and Leilah.
Around the world: about 1 in 580 girls in New Zealand (2025) · about 1 in 1,000 girls in France (2025) · about 1 in 1,200 girls in Scotland (2025).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 44 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 603 notable people named Leila:
Entertainers appear 1.81× more often than among typical names — e.g. Leila Hatami, Iranian actress.
Similar names: Lila · Mina · Lillie · Nyla · Aisha · Ayla
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