Spellings
Lyla or Lilah?
In the US in 2025, 58% of babies in this name family were spelled Lyla and 33% Lilah. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Lyla already led in 2015, with 61% of the family's births; it has 58% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 3,761 to 5,328 births (+42%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyla | 2,276 | 3,089 | +36% |
| Lilah | 1,032 | 1,736 | +68% |
| Lylah | 453 | 503 | +11% |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈlaɪlə/ (LY-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: Lyla 135 births (#389 among girls), Lilah 5 births and Lylah 5 births.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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