Leylah
Leylah was the 3277th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 48 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 2742nd with 63 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 204 places. More babies were named Leylah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Leyla) night (Arabic Layla) · Arabic, Turkish
- Rank in 2025
- #3,277 girls, up 305 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 48girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202263 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,005babies recorded
What does the name Leylah mean?
Leylah is a spelling of Leyla, pronounced the same way, so it shares Leyla's meaning and origin.
Leyla is the Turkish and Azerbaijani spelling of Arabic Laylā. Wiktionary derives Laylā from the Semitic word for night, the same root as Arabic layl and layla, night. Wiktionary notes that Layla is the type of the beloved woman in a classic Arabic love story, comparable to Juliet. The same name appears in English as Leila, Layla and Laila, and Wiktionary lists Leyla in English as a variant of Leila. US records show Leyla from the 1950s.
لَيْلَى (Arabic, “Layla”)*laylay- (Proto-Semitic, “night”)
How sure is this? Probable. Wiktionary only. The 'night' derivation is standard but not checked against an edited Arabic dictionary here.
Related names: Layla, Leila, Laila, Lela.
See also: Arabic names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Leyla' (Turkish section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'ليلى' (Arabic section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'Leyla' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (yob*.txt), team3 computation of first year recorded, US Social Security Administration (public domain)
Leylah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,277 | 48 |
| 2020 | #3,582 | 42 |
| 2010 | #3,549 | 45 |
| 2000 | #11,350 | 8 |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Leylah, counting every spelling?
Leylah is a spelling of Leyla, a name family that ranked #573 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,277 for Leylah on its own. Together these spellings went to 526 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leyla | 478 | #611 | 2,419 |
| Leylah | 48 | #3,277 | 269 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Leylah?
48 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Leylah (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Leylah born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 175 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Leylah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Leylah?
About 1,000 people born in the US named Leylah are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 5 and 15. That makes Leylah a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Leylah by state
How common Leylah was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Texas (2.4×), California (2.2×). In 47 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Leylah: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Leylah, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Leylah
What does Leylah mean?
Leylah is a spelling of Leyla, which means “night (Arabic Layla)” (Arabic, Turkish origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Leylah?
Leylah was the 3277th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 48 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 2742nd with 63 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 204 places. More babies were named Leylah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Leylah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Leylah in the US.
Where is Leylah most popular?
In 2021–2025, Leylah was most common in Texas (0.08 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and New York.