Meaning and history
Leila is a variant of Layla and the usual Persian transcription of the name. This spelling was used by Lord Byron for characters in The Giaour (1813) and Don Juan (1819), and it was through his works that the name entered the English-speaking world.
20062006: 1,161 births, rank #285
2007: 1,394 births, rank #251
2008: 1,499 births, rank #226
2009: 1,390 births, rank #239
2010: 1,509 births, rank #205
20112011: 1,377 births, rank #231
2012: 1,365 births, rank #234
2013: 1,472 births, rank #215
2014: 1,331 births, rank #243
2015: 1,309 births, rank #247
20162016: 1,395 births, rank #229
2017: 1,410 births, rank #220
2018: 1,358 births, rank #239
2019: 1,388 births, rank #224
2020: 1,409 births, rank #205
20212021: 1,385 births, rank #214
2022: 1,246 births, rank #245
2023: 1,272 births, rank #239
2024: 1,197 births, rank #267
20252025: 1,193 births, rank #259
Leila rose from #267 to #259 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2010, with 1,509 births.