Laila is an established girls' name that peaked in 2008 and has grown less common since.
Laila is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #413 for girl births in the United States (and #854 across all names), given to 755 babies. Laila was first reported in SSA data in 1884 and peaked in 2008 (2,414 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 755 | 755 | #413 | — |
| 2024 | 844 | 849 | #371 | — |
| 2023 | 989 | 989 | #313 | — |
| 2022 | 1,031 | 1,031 | #309 | — |
| 2021 | 1,253 | 1,260 | #243 | — |
| 2020 | 1,303 | 1,309 | #227 | — |
| 2019 | 1,461 | 1,466 | #210 | — |
| 2018 | 1,620 | 1,626 | #182 | — |
| 2017 | 1,751 | 1,758 | #173 | — |
| 2016 | 1,951 | 1,962 | #164 | — |
| 2015 | 1,889 | 1,904 | #170 | — |
| 2014 | 2,147 | 2,156 | #149 | — |
| 2013 | 2,148 | 2,154 | #144 | #13,248 |
| 2012 | 2,257 | 2,266 | #143 | #10,341 |
| 2011 | 2,198 | 2,207 | #141 | — |
| 2010 | 2,249 | 2,256 | #140 | — |
| 2009 | 2,384 | 2,394 | #135 | #13,633 |
| 2008 | 2,414 | 2,426 | #140 | — |
| 2007 | 2,365 | 2,365 | #148 | — |
| 2006 | 1,445 | 1,445 | #236 | — |
| 2005 | 1,453 | 1,453 | #234 | — |
| 2004 | 1,288 | 1,293 | #250 | #10,785 |
| 2003 | 1,306 | 1,306 | #250 | — |
| 2002 | 801 | 801 | #370 | — |
| 2001 | 612 | 612 | #453 | — |
| 2000 | 389 | 389 | #644 | — |
| 1999 | 168 | 168 | #1,163 | — |
| 1998 | 131 | 131 | #1,345 | — |
| 1997 | 116 | — | #1,437 | — |
| 1996 | 111 | — | #1,481 | — |
| 1995 | 110 | — | #1,459 | — |
| 1994 | 87 | — | #1,710 | — |
| 1993 | 96 | — | #1,596 | — |
| 1992 | 100 | — | #1,558 | — |
| 1991 | 101 | — | #1,543 | — |
| 1990 | 78 | — | #1,835 | — |
| 1989 | 79 | — | #1,727 | — |
| 1988 | 60 | — | #2,000 | — |
| 1987 | 59 | — | #1,930 | — |
| 1986 | 79 | — | #1,547 | — |
| 1985 | 70 | — | #1,671 | — |
| 1984 | 79 | — | #1,469 | — |
| 1983 | 76 | — | #1,501 | — |
| 1982 | 56 | — | #1,910 | — |
| 1981 | 72 | — | #1,623 | — |
| 1980 | 64 | — | #1,741 | — |
| 1979 | 58 | — | #1,845 | — |
| 1978 | 63 | — | #1,679 | — |
| 1977 | 49 | — | #1,987 | — |
| 1976 | 60 | — | #1,648 | — |
| 1975 | 62 | — | #1,597 | — |
| 1974 | 53 | — | #1,720 | — |
| 1973 | 47 | — | #1,814 | — |
| 1972 | 34 | — | #2,250 | — |
| 1971 | 24 | — | #2,908 | — |
| 1970 | 24 | — | #2,893 | — |
| 1969 | 23 | — | #2,802 | — |
| 1968 | 21 | — | #2,825 | — |
| 1967 | 17 | — | #3,148 | — |
| 1966 | 29 | — | #2,223 | — |
| 1965 | 20 | — | #2,787 | — |
| 1964 | 25 | — | #2,507 | — |
| 1963 | 25 | — | #2,455 | — |
| 1962 | 25 | — | #2,437 | — |
| 1961 | 17 | — | #3,126 | — |
| 1960 | 18 | — | #2,944 | — |
| 1959 | 17 | — | #2,922 | — |
| 1958 | 23 | — | #2,419 | — |
| 1957 | 17 | — | #2,876 | — |
| 1956 | 12 | — | #3,591 | — |
| 1955 | 15 | — | #3,040 | — |
| 1954 | 11 | — | #3,598 | — |
| 1953 | 20 | — | #2,398 | — |
| 1952 | 10 | — | #3,676 | — |
| 1951 | 11 | — | #3,387 | — |
| 1949 | 7 | — | #4,459 | — |
| 1948 | 9 | — | #3,742 | — |
| 1947 | 9 | — | #3,876 | — |
| 1946 | 10 | — | #3,335 | — |
| 1945 | 10 | — | #3,019 | — |
| 1944 | 6 | — | #4,304 | — |
| 1943 | 15 | — | #2,390 | — |
| 1942 | 10 | — | #3,097 | — |
| 1941 | 7 | — | #3,785 | — |
| 1940 | 6 | — | #4,111 | — |
| 1939 | 8 | — | #3,291 | — |
| 1938 | 11 | — | #2,667 | — |
| 1937 | 11 | — | #2,639 | — |
| 1936 | 11 | — | #2,608 | — |
| 1935 | 7 | — | #3,595 | — |
| 1934 | 12 | — | #2,501 | — |
| 1933 | 14 | — | #2,220 | — |
| 1932 | 10 | — | #2,941 | — |
| 1931 | 10 | — | #2,886 | — |
| 1930 | 13 | — | #2,487 | — |
| 1929 | 15 | — | #2,251 | — |
| 1928 | 11 | — | #2,879 | — |
| 1927 | 17 | — | #2,209 | — |
| 1926 | 14 | — | #2,527 | — |
| 1925 | 19 | — | #2,075 | — |
| 1924 | 8 | — | #3,844 | — |
| 1923 | 26 | — | #1,653 | — |
| 1922 | 11 | — | #3,055 | — |
| 1921 | 31 | — | #1,496 | — |
| 1920 | 25 | — | #1,683 | — |
| 1919 | 29 | — | #1,467 | — |
| 1918 | 17 | — | #2,152 | — |
| 1917 | 19 | — | #1,874 | — |
| 1916 | 25 | — | #1,506 | — |
| 1915 | 23 | — | #1,547 | — |
| 1914 | 22 | — | #1,366 | — |
| 1913 | 12 | — | #1,829 | — |
| 1912 | 12 | — | #1,668 | — |
| 1911 | 9 | — | #1,717 | — |
| 1910 | 7 | — | #2,027 | — |
| 1909 | 5 | — | #2,378 | — |
| 1908 | 6 | — | #1,971 | — |
| 1903 | 6 | — | #1,693 | — |
| 1899 | 5 | — | #1,725 | — |
| 1893 | 5 | — | #1,532 | — |
| 1884 | 7 | — | #891 | — |