girls:
41.9k births since 1884
#657 (89th percentile)
boys:
23 births since 2004
#4563 (0th percentile)
overall:
41.9k births since 1884
#1206 (84th percentile)
The name Laila is the #1,206 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 41,887 recorded births since 1884. This represents the 84.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 84.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #657 (88.5% percentile) for all time with 41,864 births since 1884. For boys, it ranks #4,563 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 23 births since 2004.
Laila first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1884 (1884 for girls and 2004 for boys). Birth data for Laila is available in 119 out of the 140 years between 1884 and 2023 (119 years for girls and 4 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Laila has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.9% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Laila reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 86.1% percentile (ranked #134) with 1,174 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 1,174 births per million (ranked 86.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2012, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Laila ranks #295 for girls (68.9% percentile) with 563 births per million, which is 48.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Laila reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #898) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2013.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Laila".
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