Lila

“Variant of Leila — Night” — Arabic origin

Girl's name · #186 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Lila has appeared in US records since 1880 — best rank #155 (2010) · 76,493 babies named Lila all-time · 1 in 960 girls born in 2025.

Around the world: #90 in France (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 49 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Lilas

Lila Downs — Mexican American singer-songwriter
Lila Tretikov — Russian–American engineer, manager and former executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation
Lila Kedrova — actress (1909–2000)
Lila Lee — prominent screen actress of the silent film era (1901-1973)
Lila Abu-Lughod — Palestinian-American anthropologist

Among 212 notable people named Lila:

Entertainers appear 2.01× more often than among typical names — e.g. Lila Downs, Mexican American singer-songwriter.

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