Girl name Arabic origin Muslim tradition Top 50 in 2024

Layla

LAY-luh · 5 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Night; dark beauty
Language
Arabic
Culture
Arab/Islamic
Religion
Muslim
Style era
modern
Themes
celestial
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#37
2024 births5,305
Peak year2019
First appeared1950
Total US births123,729
2019 peak19501969198720062024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
LayLulu
Alternate spellings
LailaLeilaLeyla
In other languages
Leila (Persian)Laila (Scandinavian)Leyla (Turkish)

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