Meaning not yet researched.
Lyla: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 3,089 in 2025. Its best rank was #80 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. Every baby recorded as Lyla in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#80 for US girls in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Lyla: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 3,089 girls in 2025. Peak: #80 in 2025 · most girls in one year: 3,089 (2025).
In 2025, 3,089 US girls were named Lyla, making it the 80th most common girls’ name of the year, up 3 places from #83 in 2024. That is 135 more than the 2,954 girls named Lyla in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #80, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most girls given the name: 3,089. For comparison, it was #141 in 2015 and #1,297 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Lyla in 139 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1884 with 7 babies. In all, 49,299 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 22,921 babies named Lyla.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 25,443 US girls were named Lyla; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 3,089. In 2025 that was about 1 in 520 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Lyla ranked highest in Utah in 2025, at #44 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 35 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Lila (76,550 babies since 1880), Leila (55,447 babies since 1880), Lela (43,073 babies since 1880) and Leola (28,181 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Lyllah and Lyelah are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Lyllah (56), Lyelah (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Lyla in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 2 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 72 | #44 | #65 |
| North Dakota | 16 | #47 | #255 |
| Nebraska | 31 | #49 | #215 |
| Missouri | 79 | #56 | #119 |
| Minnesota | 74 | #56 | #89 |
| Colorado | 77 | #61 | #116 |
| Massachusetts | 81 | #62 | #96 |
| Maine | 15 | #64 | #179 |
| Iowa | 41 | #64 | #92 |
| Georgia | 117 | #66 | #179 |
| Arkansas | 38 | #66 | #163 |
| Connecticut | 37 | #67 | #162 |
| Oklahoma | 45 | #69 | #129 |
| Rhode Island | 11 | #71 | #182 |
| Indiana | 79 | #71 | #92 |
| Mississippi | 28 | #73 | #235 |
| Tennessee | 89 | #74 | #133 |
| Illinois | 105 | #78 | #136 |
| Ohio | 114 | #79 | #118 |
| Pennsylvania | 112 | #80 | #124 |
| Idaho | 24 | #82 | #68 |
| Wisconsin | 56 | #83 | #132 |
| Alabama | 50 | #83 | #197 |
| Texas | 311 | #84 | #153 |
| New York | 157 | #89 | #177 |
| Florida | 180 | #89 | #171 |
| West Virginia | 17 | #90 | #216 |
| New Jersey | 78 | #91 | #140 |
| South Carolina | 46 | #91 | #178 |
| Michigan | 81 | #92 | #126 |
| Kansas | 33 | #93 | #136 |
| Maryland | 46 | #95 | #140 |
| Wyoming | 5 | #95 | — |
| Kentucky | 43 | #98 | #109 |
| Louisiana | 39 | #99 | #119 |
| Alaska | 7 | #102 | #84 |
| California | 288 | #104 | #186 |
| New Hampshire | 12 | #106 | #86 |
| Delaware | 8 | #106 | #220 |
| Virginia | 67 | #106 | #163 |
| North Carolina | 89 | #111 | #170 |
| Hawaii | 8 | #111 | #150 |
| Washington | 55 | #121 | #176 |
| Arizona | 51 | #122 | #113 |
| New Mexico | 12 | #125 | #159 |
| South Dakota | 9 | #126 | — |
| Nevada | 19 | #128 | #126 |
| Oregon | 25 | #135 | #137 |
| Montana | 7 | #158 | #160 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,089 | #80 | — | — |
| 2024 | 2,954 | #83 | — | — |
| 2023 | 2,659 | #99 | — | — |
| 2022 | 2,665 | #105 | — | — |
| 2021 | 2,521 | #110 | 5 | #13,332 |
| 2020 | 2,307 | #118 | — | — |
| 2019 | 2,449 | #121 | — | — |
| 2018 | 2,306 | #128 | — | — |
| 2017 | 2,269 | #131 | — | — |
| 2016 | 2,224 | #138 | — | — |
| 2015 | 2,276 | #141 | — | — |
| 2014 | 2,383 | #141 | — | — |
| 2013 | 2,082 | #154 | — | — |
| 2012 | 2,225 | #146 | — | — |
| 2011 | 2,416 | #127 | — | — |
| 2010 | 2,291 | #135 | — | — |
| 2009 | 2,071 | #154 | — | — |
| 2008 | 1,508 | #223 | — | — |
| 2007 | 887 | #368 | — | — |
| 2006 | 449 | #642 | — | — |
| 2005 | 293 | #865 | — | — |
| 2004 | 208 | #1,100 | — | — |
| 2003 | 197 | #1,119 | — | — |
| 2002 | 139 | #1,389 | — | — |
| 2001 | 119 | #1,568 | — | — |
| 2000 | 98 | #1,786 | — | — |
| 1999 | 84 | #1,885 | — | — |
| 1998 | 64 | #2,231 | — | — |
| 1997 | 34 | #3,410 | — | — |
| 1996 | 29 | #3,786 | — | — |
| 1995 | 26 | #4,046 | — | — |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,945 | — | — |
| 1993 | 29 | #3,738 | — | — |
| 1992 | 26 | #4,035 | — | — |
| 1991 | 30 | #3,591 | — | — |
| 1990 | 34 | #3,264 | — | — |
| 1989 | 29 | #3,533 | — | — |
| 1988 | 24 | #3,850 | — | — |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,210 | — | — |
| 1986 | 23 | #3,713 | — | — |
| 1985 | 27 | #3,296 | — | — |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,813 | — | — |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,392 | — | — |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,856 | — | — |
| 1981 | 20 | #3,945 | — | — |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,235 | — | — |
| 1979 | 20 | #3,852 | — | — |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,576 | — | — |
| 1977 | 28 | #2,881 | — | — |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,892 | — | — |
| 1975 | 22 | #3,220 | — | — |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,640 | — | — |
| 1973 | 19 | #3,413 | — | — |
| 1972 | 18 | #3,479 | — | — |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,876 | — | — |
| 1970 | 17 | #3,658 | — | — |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,403 | — | — |
| 1968 | 14 | #3,708 | — | — |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,194 | — | — |
| 1966 | 14 | #3,474 | — | — |
| 1965 | 14 | #3,490 | — | — |
| 1964 | 20 | #2,878 | — | — |
| 1963 | 28 | #2,280 | — | — |
| 1962 | 33 | #2,054 | — | — |
| 1961 | 30 | #2,184 | — | — |
| 1960 | 29 | #2,172 | — | — |
| 1959 | 31 | #2,043 | — | — |
| 1958 | 26 | #2,238 | — | — |
| 1957 | 40 | #1,717 | — | — |
| 1956 | 51 | #1,497 | — | — |
| 1955 | 37 | #1,716 | — | — |
| 1954 | 46 | #1,492 | — | — |
| 1953 | 50 | #1,385 | — | — |
| 1952 | 48 | #1,411 | — | — |
| 1951 | 62 | #1,188 | — | — |
| 1950 | 50 | #1,297 | — | — |
| 1949 | 51 | #1,285 | — | — |
| 1948 | 66 | #1,100 | — | — |
| 1947 | 49 | #1,306 | — | — |
| 1946 | 61 | #1,096 | — | — |
| 1945 | 61 | #990 | — | — |
| 1944 | 43 | #1,215 | — | — |
| 1943 | 81 | #866 | — | — |
| 1942 | 70 | #940 | — | — |
| 1941 | 53 | #1,010 | — | — |
| 1940 | 74 | #831 | — | — |
| 1939 | 65 | #873 | — | — |
| 1938 | 61 | #907 | — | — |
| 1937 | 50 | #998 | — | — |
| 1936 | 61 | #872 | — | — |
| 1935 | 62 | #881 | — | — |
| 1934 | 66 | #845 | — | — |
| 1933 | 64 | #842 | — | — |
| 1932 | 64 | #872 | — | — |
| 1931 | 66 | #852 | — | — |
| 1930 | 75 | #820 | — | — |
| 1929 | 80 | #785 | — | — |
| 1928 | 73 | #850 | — | — |
| 1927 | 79 | #828 | — | — |
| 1926 | 89 | #767 | — | — |
| 1925 | 117 | #683 | — | — |
| 1924 | 103 | #729 | — | — |
| 1923 | 82 | #807 | — | — |
| 1922 | 78 | #833 | — | — |
| 1921 | 86 | #790 | — | — |
| 1920 | 69 | #877 | — | — |
| 1919 | 50 | #1,022 | — | — |
| 1918 | 67 | #877 | — | — |
| 1917 | 51 | #985 | — | — |
| 1916 | 60 | #880 | — | — |
| 1915 | 52 | #924 | — | — |
| 1914 | 43 | #895 | — | — |
| 1913 | 35 | #906 | — | — |
| 1912 | 35 | #856 | — | — |
| 1911 | 13 | #1,343 | — | — |
| 1910 | 21 | #957 | — | — |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,432 | — | — |
| 1908 | 20 | #901 | — | — |
| 1907 | 11 | #1,253 | — | — |
| 1906 | 16 | #946 | — | — |
| 1905 | 10 | #1,272 | — | — |
| 1904 | 10 | #1,216 | — | — |
| 1903 | 13 | #1,009 | — | — |
| 1902 | 11 | #1,108 | — | — |
| 1901 | 9 | #1,191 | — | — |
| 1900 | 14 | #1,038 | — | — |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,750 | — | — |
| 1898 | 13 | #997 | — | — |
| 1897 | 12 | #962 | — | — |
| 1896 | 15 | #861 | — | — |
| 1895 | 11 | #1,029 | — | — |
| 1894 | 13 | #884 | — | — |
| 1893 | 14 | #815 | — | — |
| 1892 | 9 | #1,056 | — | — |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,164 | — | — |
| 1890 | 10 | #914 | — | — |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,218 | — | — |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,140 | — | — |
| 1884 | 7 | #899 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).