Leyla

“Variant of Leila — Night” — Arabic origin

Girl's name · #611 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Leyla is near its high-water mark: it reached #586 in 2020 and still ranked #611 in 2025. About 11,000 girls have carried it since 1957. Together with its spelling variants Leila (#259) and Leilah (#1660), Leyla 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 530 girls in Austria (2025) · about 1 in 630 girls in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 680 girls in Puerto Rico (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 26 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Leylas

Leyla Zana — Turkish statesperson (born 1961)
Leyla Mammadbeyova — Azerbaijani and Soviet aviator (1909-1989)
Leyla Gencer — Turkish opera singer (1924–2008)
Leyla Erbil — Turkish writer (1931–2013)
Leyla Alieva — Azerbaijani journalist

In stories & tradition

Leyla Harding — Emmerdale
Leyla Shakarji — NCIS

What Leylas become

Among 197 notable people named Leyla:

Entertainers appear 1.96× more often than among typical names — e.g. Leyla Gencer, Turkish opera singer (1924–2008).

Similar names: Leila · Amani · Leena · Aila · Amal · Naila

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