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“Variant of Leila — Night” — Arabic (via Leila) origin
Girl's name · #80 in the US (2025) · Trending
Lyla is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1884, it stood at #80 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 49,000 girls have been named Lyla along the way. Together with its spelling variants Lilah (#179), Lila (#187), and Lylah (#585), Lyla would rank around #16 with about 7,000 births last year — the newborns split about 44/25/24/7 across Lyla, Lilah, Lila, and Lylah.
Around the world: #50 in Scotland (2025) · #61 in England & Wales (2025) · #74 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #74 in N. Ireland (2025) · #81 in Australia (VIC) (2025).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 50 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 26 notable people named Lyla:
Entertainers appear 3.47× more often than among typical names — e.g. Lyla Rocco, Italian actress (1933-2015).
Similar names: Lila · Zara · Leilani · Ayla · Rowan · Myla
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