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Leilah

100% girls · 125 born in 2025

Leilah has been given to about 4,241 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2010, which makes it a millennial-parent name.

Meaning
Origin
Syllables2
Pronunciation
Nicknames
Living in the US≈ 4,186
Median age today13 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Leilah per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2010 · 251
  • Born in 2025125
  • All time4,241
  • England & Wales, 20255

How popular is Leilah?

Its best year was 2010, when 251 babies were given the name, ranking 1002nd. The typical living American called Leilah is about 13 years old today. It is relatively most common in California, where it accounts for 0.01% of births.

Names that sound like Leilah

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Lilah0.82
  2. Lailah0.82
  3. Delilah0.79
  4. Leila0.78
  5. Lylah0.74
  6. Laylah0.74
  7. Leah0.70
  8. Beulah0.70

Middle names for Leilah

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

Sibling names for Leilah

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Bodebrother · 0.97
  2. Fisherbrother · 0.97
  3. Bodenbrother · 0.96
  4. Malayasister · 0.95
  5. Elinasister · 0.95
  6. Ayaneither · 0.95

Where Leilah is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state
  1. California0.01%
  2. Georgia0.01%
  3. Texas0.01%
  4. North Carolina0.01%
  5. Pennsylvania0.01%

With a common surname

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

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

Leilah 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.