Spellings
Layla or Laila?
In the US in 2025, 83% of babies in this name family were spelled Layla and 12% Laila. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Layla already led in 2015, with 70% of the family's births; it has 83% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 9,096 to 6,425 births (−29%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Layla | 6,348 | 5,338 | −16% |
| Laila | 1,889 | 755 | −60% |
| Laylah | 405 | 179 | −56% |
| Lailah | 408 | 131 | −68% |
| Laela | 46 | 22 | −52% |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈleɪlə/ (LAY-luh). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Layla 125 births (#415 among girls), Laila 35 births (#981 among girls) and Laylah 5 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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