Leila: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced LAY-luh · 2 syllables

From Arabic (layla). Taken into English usage through nineteenth-century literature.

How popular is Leila?

Leila was the #259 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,193 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 1890.

Babies named Leila in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1890).

Half of US adults named Leila are older than 29; most are between 18 and 80. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Leila have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Leila is pronounced LAY-luh.

Leila was the #259 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,193 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 1890.

Half of US adults named Leila are older than 29. Most are between 18 and 80.