Lylah
Lylah was the 585th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 503 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 545th with 556 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 47 places. More babies were named Lylah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Lyla) night (via Leila) · Arabic
- Rank in 2025
- #585 girls, up 9 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 503girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2024556 babies
- Total since 1880
- 8,547babies recorded
What does the name Lylah mean?
Lylah is a spelling of Lyla, pronounced the same way, so it shares Lyla's meaning and origin.
Lyla is a modern spelling of Leila, which comes from the Arabic name Layla. Wiktionary derives Layla from a Semitic word for 'night', the same root as the common Arabic nouns for night. Wiktionary notes that Leila entered English through 19th-century literature. Lyla can also be read as a form of Lila or Lilah, so families may have either source in mind.
لَيْلَى (Arabic, “Layla”)*laylay- (Proto-Semitic, “night”)
How sure is this? Probable.
Related names: Leila, Layla, Lila, Lilah, Laila.
See also: Arabic names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Lyla', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wiktionary, entry 'Leila', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wiktionary, entry 'ليلى', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
Lylah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #585 | 503 |
| 2020 | #594 | 489 |
| 2010 | #763 | 359 |
| 2000 | #5,843 | 19 |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | #3,250 | 10 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Lylah, counting every spelling?
Lylah is a spelling of Lyla, a name family that ranked #79 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #585 for Lylah on its own. Together these spellings went to 3,649 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyla | 3,089 | #80 | 13,888 |
| Lylah | 503 | #585 | 2,588 |
| Lylla | 48 | #3,279 | 166 |
| Lillah | 9 | #10,559 | 39 |
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 Lylah?
503 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Lylah (0.14 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Lylah 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 17 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Lylah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Lylah?
About 8,400 people born in the US named Lylah are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 5 and 14. That makes Lylah 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.
Lylah by state
How common Lylah was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in West Virginia (2.5×), Louisiana (2.0×), Kentucky (1.9×), Indiana (1.9×), Oklahoma (1.9×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Nebraska, Maryland, Idaho.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Lylah: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Lylah, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Lylah
What does Lylah mean?
Lylah is a spelling of Lyla, which means “night (via Leila)” (Arabic origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Lylah?
Lylah was the 585th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 503 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 545th with 556 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 47 places. More babies were named Lylah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Lylah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Lylah in the US.
Where is Lylah most popular?
In 2021–2025, Lylah was most common in West Virginia (0.80 per 1,000 girls), followed by New Mexico and Louisiana.