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Girl name

Leylah

100% girls · 48 born in 2025

Leylah has been given to about 1,005 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2022, which makes it a current name.

Meaning
Origin
Syllables2
Pronunciation
Nicknames
Living in the US≈ 999
Median age today10 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Leylah per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2022 · 63
  • Born in 202548
  • All time1,005
  • England & Wales, 20253

How popular is Leylah?

Its best year was 2022, when 63 babies were given the name, ranking 2742nd. The typical living American called Leylah is about 10 years old today. It is relatively most common in California, where it accounts for 0.00% of births.

Names that sound like Leylah

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Leilah0.92
  2. Lylah0.80
  3. Laylah0.80
  4. Leah0.75
  5. Leyla0.78
  6. Lilah0.77
  7. Selah0.75
  8. Lailah0.74

Middle names for Leylah

Ranked by flow score
  1. Leylah Eve0.80
  2. Leylah Elizabeth0.78
  3. Leylah Josephine0.78
  4. Leylah Anne0.78
  5. Leylah Rose0.77
  6. Leylah June0.76

Sibling names for Leylah

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Bodebrother · 0.91
  2. Bryerbrother · 0.91
  3. Ayaneither · 0.90
  4. Kyrenbrother · 0.90
  5. Seraphinasister · 0.90
  6. Emilianasister · 0.90

Where Leylah is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state
  1. California0.00%
  2. Texas0.00%

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Leylah Anderson0.74
  2. Leylah White0.72
  3. Leylah Reyes0.72
  4. Leylah Nguyen0.72
  5. Leylah Moore0.72
  6. Leylah Green0.72

How to read these numbers

Every score on this page is explained
  1. Phonetic similarity0–1
  2. Middle-name flow0–1
  3. Sibling fit0–1
  4. Living population estimatemethod
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sources for Leylah

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. United States1880–2025
  2. England & Wales1996–2025
  3. Scotland1974–2020
  4. France1900–2025

Leylah across America

Share of 2025 births in each state. Darker means more common.
ME
WA
VT
NH
MT
ND
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
ID
SD
IA
IL
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
NV
WY
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
CA
UT
CO
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
AZ
NM
OK
LA
MS
AL
SC
AK
TX
GA
FL
HI
raremost common

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.