Leyla
Featured in baby name books
Leyla is Arabic for “dark as night.”
Sources: Numerology for Baby Names
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Usage of Leyla in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Leyla against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Leyla is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Leyla in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 478 girls were named Leyla, making it the #611 girls' name in the US. Since 1957, 10,564 girls have been named Leyla, with the most (504) in 2022. It is most common, relative to births, in Rhode Island, Florida and New York.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Leyla in other languages
- Leila Arabic, Dutch, Italian
- Laila Dutch, Latvian
- Layla Dutch
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Towns named Leyla
There are 2 towns and villages with Leyla in their name.
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Leylā Khānī | East Azerbaijan, 🇮🇷 Iran | – | Map |
| Sīāh Leylā | Lorestan Province, 🇮🇷 Iran | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Leyla songs
3 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Leyla in their title. The best known:
- Bugün Adım Leyla
- Leyla
- Leyla / Aşkınla Beni Öldürdün – Ferdi Tayfur (1968)
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Leyla
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Leyla.
Leyla Aliyeva
Fictional characters named Leyla
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Leyla as a pet name
FurryName has found 69 dogs named Leyla in public pet registers, making it the #1,583 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Villavicencio (3), Laval (3), Basel (2). Leyla as a dog name →
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