Leila is an established girls' name that peaked in 2010 and remains in steady use.
Leila is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #259 for girl births in the United States (and #548 across all names), given to 1,193 babies. Leila was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 2010 (1,509 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,193 | 1,193 | #259 | — |
| 2024 | 1,197 | 1,197 | #267 | — |
| 2023 | 1,272 | 1,272 | #240 | — |
| 2022 | 1,246 | 1,246 | #246 | — |
| 2021 | 1,385 | 1,390 | #214 | — |
| 2020 | 1,409 | 1,409 | #205 | — |
| 2019 | 1,388 | 1,393 | #225 | — |
| 2018 | 1,358 | 1,358 | #239 | — |
| 2017 | 1,415 | 1,415 | #220 | #13,464 |
| 2016 | 1,395 | 1,400 | #229 | — |
| 2015 | 1,309 | 1,309 | #248 | — |
| 2014 | 1,331 | 1,331 | #243 | — |
| 2013 | 1,472 | 1,472 | #215 | — |
| 2012 | 1,365 | 1,365 | #234 | — |
| 2011 | 1,377 | 1,377 | #231 | — |
| 2010 | 1,509 | 1,509 | #205 | — |
| 2009 | 1,390 | 1,390 | #240 | — |
| 2008 | 1,499 | 1,499 | #226 | — |
| 2007 | 1,394 | 1,399 | #251 | — |
| 2006 | 1,161 | 1,161 | #285 | — |
| 2005 | 1,043 | 1,043 | #308 | — |
| 2004 | 893 | 893 | #355 | — |
| 2003 | 893 | 893 | #345 | — |
| 2002 | 638 | 638 | #451 | — |
| 2001 | 566 | 566 | #492 | — |
| 2000 | 427 | 427 | #595 | — |
| 1999 | 306 | 306 | #735 | — |
| 1998 | 297 | 297 | #735 | — |
| 1997 | 213 | — | #936 | — |
| 1996 | 180 | — | #1,038 | — |
| 1995 | 217 | — | #880 | — |
| 1994 | 186 | — | #997 | — |
| 1993 | 199 | — | #950 | — |
| 1992 | 197 | — | #974 | — |
| 1991 | 199 | — | #954 | — |
| 1990 | 183 | — | #998 | — |
| 1989 | 200 | — | #911 | — |
| 1988 | 221 | — | #828 | — |
| 1987 | 215 | — | #815 | — |
| 1986 | 212 | — | #795 | — |
| 1985 | 220 | — | #770 | — |
| 1984 | 205 | — | #783 | — |
| 1983 | 213 | — | #759 | — |
| 1982 | 212 | — | #775 | — |
| 1981 | 224 | — | #736 | — |
| 1980 | 184 | — | #847 | — |
| 1979 | 196 | — | #807 | — |
| 1978 | 186 | — | #806 | — |
| 1977 | 192 | — | #786 | — |
| 1976 | 160 | — | #854 | — |
| 1975 | 157 | — | #852 | — |
| 1974 | 155 | — | #849 | — |
| 1973 | 145 | — | #881 | — |
| 1972 | 140 | — | #899 | — |
| 1971 | 163 | — | #844 | — |
| 1970 | 130 | — | #972 | — |
| 1969 | 136 | — | #908 | — |
| 1968 | 105 | — | #1,014 | — |
| 1967 | 141 | — | #851 | — |
| 1966 | 175 | — | #746 | — |
| 1965 | 136 | — | #860 | — |
| 1964 | 161 | — | #826 | — |
| 1963 | 171 | — | #793 | — |
| 1962 | 190 | — | #756 | — |
| 1961 | 191 | — | #753 | — |
| 1960 | 172 | — | #780 | — |
| 1959 | 192 | — | #730 | — |
| 1958 | 157 | — | #803 | — |
| 1957 | 177 | — | #750 | — |
| 1956 | 182 | — | #712 | — |
| 1955 | 177 | — | #711 | — |
| 1954 | 195 | — | #660 | — |
| 1953 | 176 | — | #682 | — |
| 1952 | 161 | — | #703 | — |
| 1951 | 154 | — | #705 | — |
| 1950 | 169 | — | #657 | — |
| 1949 | 180 | — | #617 | — |
| 1948 | 156 | — | #670 | — |
| 1947 | 177 | — | #630 | — |
| 1946 | 166 | — | #616 | — |
| 1945 | 176 | — | #552 | — |
| 1944 | 197 | — | #515 | — |
| 1943 | 204 | — | #525 | — |
| 1942 | 202 | — | #522 | — |
| 1941 | 217 | — | #482 | #3,345 |
| 1940 | 183 | — | #514 | — |
| 1939 | 177 | — | #504 | — |
| 1938 | 190 | — | #483 | — |
| 1937 | 239 | — | #419 | — |
| 1936 | 183 | — | #473 | — |
| 1935 | 240 | — | #418 | — |
| 1934 | 241 | — | #423 | — |
| 1933 | 294 | — | #373 | — |
| 1932 | 305 | — | #366 | — |
| 1931 | 287 | — | #384 | — |
| 1930 | 317 | — | #387 | — |
| 1929 | 285 | — | #396 | — |
| 1928 | 279 | — | #405 | — |
| 1927 | 306 | — | #393 | — |
| 1926 | 313 | — | #387 | — |
| 1925 | 344 | — | #367 | — |
| 1924 | 365 | — | #359 | — |
| 1923 | 335 | — | #363 | — |
| 1922 | 363 | — | #342 | — |
| 1921 | 345 | — | #356 | — |
| 1920 | 405 | — | #323 | — |
| 1919 | 384 | — | #323 | — |
| 1918 | 369 | — | #338 | — |
| 1917 | 352 | — | #333 | — |
| 1916 | 368 | — | #316 | — |
| 1915 | 363 | — | #307 | — |
| 1914 | 259 | — | #327 | — |
| 1913 | 234 | — | #312 | — |
| 1912 | 195 | — | #325 | — |
| 1911 | 143 | — | #332 | — |
| 1910 | 163 | — | #304 | — |
| 1909 | 145 | — | #296 | — |
| 1908 | 150 | — | #288 | — |
| 1907 | 171 | — | #262 | — |
| 1906 | 160 | — | #260 | — |
| 1905 | 154 | — | #264 | — |
| 1904 | 148 | — | #260 | — |
| 1903 | 138 | — | #262 | — |
| 1902 | 140 | — | #264 | — |
| 1901 | 145 | — | #240 | — |
| 1900 | 178 | — | #239 | — |
| 1899 | 139 | — | #236 | — |
| 1898 | 161 | — | #231 | — |
| 1897 | 157 | — | #217 | — |
| 1896 | 149 | — | #228 | — |
| 1895 | 147 | — | #228 | — |
| 1894 | 152 | — | #215 | — |
| 1893 | 173 | — | #195 | — |
| 1892 | 178 | — | #189 | — |
| 1891 | 178 | — | #179 | — |
| 1890 | 154 | — | #192 | — |
| 1889 | 126 | — | #205 | — |
| 1888 | 170 | — | #171 | — |
| 1887 | 112 | — | #188 | — |
| 1886 | 115 | — | #188 | — |
| 1885 | 123 | — | #167 | — |
| 1884 | 103 | — | #174 | — |
| 1883 | 90 | — | #177 | — |
| 1882 | 83 | — | #173 | — |
| 1881 | 77 | — | #173 | — |
| 1880 | 80 | — | #165 | — |