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Lyla

“night, or dark”

Language contexts for this entry: English, French, Polish and 1 more

feminineLatin script

/ˈlaɪlə/ · English

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Origin
Arabic
4 language contexts
EnglishFrenchPolish+1 more
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9 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Lyla

Lyla is a feminine given name documented in English, French, Polish and 1 other language. Its documented Leila spelling relationship leads to Arabic Layla. It is a form of Leila, for which English Wikipedia gives the meaning “night, or dark”.

02 / Across borders

Where Lyla is used

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Across borders

18

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11 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

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United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 3,089 girls (rank 80). Documented as a given name in English.

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4 of 18 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Lyla

Recorded category
Metric
Latest · 2025
3,089
applications
Rank #80
Peak year
2025
3,089 applications

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Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

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Lyla in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
YearApplicationsRankStatus
1880no valueno valuenot covered
1881no valueno valuenot covered
1882no valueno valuenot covered
1883no valueno valuenot covered
18847851observed
188551,047observed
1886no valueno valuenot covered
1887no valueno valuenot covered
1888no valueno valuenot covered
188961,147observed
189010872observed
189171,093observed
189291,017observed
189314794observed
189413850observed
189511986observed
189615843observed
189712931observed
189813963observed
189951,596observed
1900141,008observed
190191,136observed
1902111,075observed
190313969observed
1904101,170observed
1905101,238observed
190616917observed
1907111,206observed
190820882observed
1909101,369observed
191021941observed
1911131,300observed
191235846observed
191335901observed
191443888observed
191552917observed
191660877observed
191751978observed
191867876observed
1919501,017observed
192069872observed
192186788observed
192278831observed
192382800observed
1924103728observed
1925117683observed
192689767observed
192779824observed
192873845observed
192980779observed
193075818observed
193166844observed
193264869observed
193364834observed
193466839observed
193562874observed
193661870observed
193750992observed
193861905observed
193965868observed
194074827observed
1941531,006observed
194270936observed
194381864observed
1944431,205observed
194561984observed
1946611,087observed
1947491,302observed
1948661,095observed
1949511,278observed
1950501,294observed
1951621,183observed
1952481,402observed
1953501,373observed
1954461,481observed
1955371,691observed
1956511,480observed
1957401,705observed
1958262,209observed
1959312,021observed
1960292,150observed
1961302,150observed
1962332,031observed
1963282,252observed
1964202,825observed
1965143,402observed
1966143,400observed
1967114,053observed
1968143,610observed
1969173,318observed
1970173,577observed
1971163,789observed
1972183,404observed
1973193,342observed
1974183,558observed
1975223,155observed
1976173,812observed
1977282,838observed
1978154,459observed
1979203,777observed
1980184,148observed
1981203,859observed
1982213,780observed
1983174,286observed
1984213,726observed
1985273,246observed
1986233,645observed
1987155,074observed
1988243,805observed
1989293,477observed
1990343,227observed
1991303,540observed
1992263,968observed
1993293,681observed
1994204,845observed
1995263,969observed
1996293,723observed
1997343,365observed
1998642,221observed
1999841,874observed
2000981,776observed
20011191,560observed
20021391,386observed
20031971,117observed
20042081,099observed
2005293863observed
2006449642observed
2007887367observed
20081,508223observed
20092,071154observed
20102,291135observed
20112,416127observed
20122,225146observed
20132,082154observed
20142,383141observed
20152,276141observed
20162,224138observed
20172,269131observed
20182,306128observed
20192,449121observed
20202,307118observed
20212,521110observed
20222,665105observed
20232,65999observed
20242,95483observed
20253,08980observed
About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Lyla” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe
US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding
Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression
Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking
computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

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04 / Through time

History

No historical attestations or sourced notable bearers are recorded yet. Historical databases are being evaluated for reuse permission; nothing is listed until a record can be cited.

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06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-17.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms9
Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates17

  • SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

    US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

  • Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national

    Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

  • Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)

    Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

  • Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013

    Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

  • South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017

    Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

  • National Records of Scotland — Babies' First Names: all first forenames given to 3 or more babies, Scotland, 1974-2025

    National Records of Scotland (NRS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

  • British Columbia — 100 Years of Popular Baby Names (first names used 5 or more times), 1926-2025

    Government of British Columbia, Vital Statistics Agency · OGL-BC (Open Government License - British Columbia; version not stated on the page) · retrieved 2026-10-15

  • NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)

    Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

  • Ireland — babies' first names with three or more occurrences, 1964–2025

    Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

  • Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025

    Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · retrieved 2026-10-15

  • Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)

    Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

  • South Australia — Top 100 Baby Names per sex, 2018-2025

    Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

  • Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce — first given names of children, PESEL register, 2000-2025 (national)

    Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji (Ministry of Digital Affairs), Poland — PESEL register; published on dane.gov.pl · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

  • NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages — Popular Baby Names (annual top 100 per gender), 1952-2025

    NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages (via data.nsw.gov.au) · CC-BY (Creative Commons Attribution; version not stated on the record) · retrieved 2026-10-15

  • Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)

    Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

  • Netherlands — SVB newborn names from child-benefit administration, 2017–2025

    Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB), Netherlands · Dutch public-sector database reuse assessment; no standard publisher licence stated · retrieved 2026-10-15

  • Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023

    BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.