Arabic layl, "night" — night. The heroine of the Persian romance Layla and Majnun, and the 1970 Eric Clapton song.
Layla ranks 36th among American girls in 2025, with 5,338 born that year. Its best year was 2019, when 6,528 babies were given the name, ranking 23rd. The typical living American called Layla is about 11 years old today. It is relatively most common in Delaware, where it accounts for 0.50% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.