Leila

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Leila: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Leila: Recorded since 1957, it reached #132 in 2012, and it stood at #325 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
131times a registrar ranked it
69years from first to last
#132highest recorded position
23groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#393
1997	#371
1998	#330
1999	#281
2000	#304
2001	#282
2002	#263
2003	#253
2004	#226
2005	#206
2006	#191
2007	#199
2008	#158
2009	#155
2010	#137
2011	#136
2012	#132
2013	#143
2014	#171
2015	#177
2016	#194
2017	#192
2018	#221
2019	#218
2020	#200
2021	#231
2022	#236
2023	#254
2024	#249

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 53 of the 69 years from 1957 to 2025.

In 2025: #325 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #409 among girls in Norway.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1957–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1957
First recorded at #383 among girls in Norway in 1957 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #132 among girls in England and Wales, in 2012 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #409 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Leila appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 53 years beginning in 1957, and has registered 455 births with the name.

Leila across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Leila's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#383 (1957)	#204 (1977)	#409 (2025)	53 of 69	455 (1957–2025)	24 (1977)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#533 (1981)	#168 (2011)	#325 (2025)	32 of 45	454 (1981–2025)	35 (2011)
England and Wales · Girls	#393 (1996)	#132 (2012)	#249 (2024)	29 of 29	6,936 (1996–2024)	431 (2012)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#348 (2000)	#218 (2018)	#302 (2023)	16 of 24	75 (2000–2023)	8 (2012)

Leila by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Leila in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	6	1 of 10	6
1960s	29	6 of 10	5
1970sbusiest	142	10 of 10	14
1980s	93	10 of 10	9
1990s	63	8 of 10	8
2000s	66	9 of 10	7
2010s	28	4 of 10	7
2020s	28	5 of 10	6

Across Norway · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 14 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Leila appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1957 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #132 in England and Wales in 2012.

Leila's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#249	193	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#254	180	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#236	200	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#231	217	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#200	247	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#218	225	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#221	231	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#192	276	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#194	282	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#177	311	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#171	319	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#143	364	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#132	431	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#136	413	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#137	423	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#155	350	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#158	334	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#199	268	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#191	265	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#206	228	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#226	201	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#253	168	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#263	150	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#282	135	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#304	119	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#281	129	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#330	107	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#371	87	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#393	83	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#302	5	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#446	3	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#333	4	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#336	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#218	8	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#355	4	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#353	4	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#426	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#247	7	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#234	8	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#229	8	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#311	5	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#430	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#419	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#413	3	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#348	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#409	7	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#499	4	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#443	6	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#393	7	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#498	4	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#470	6	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#414	9	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#514	6	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#492	7	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#490	7	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#518	6	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#522	6	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#606	4	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#344	12	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#361	10	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#570	5	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#456	7	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#395	9	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#470	7	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#616	4	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#517	6	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#418	9	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#372	11	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#412	10	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#558	6	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#414	10	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#579	6	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#398	11	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#617	5	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#480	8	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#447	9	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#324	14	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#600	5	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#297	15	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#494	7	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#325	13	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#285	15	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#316	14	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#204	24	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#355	11	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#309	13	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#311	14	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#347	11	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#261	17	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#294	14	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#383	9	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#565	4	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#507	5	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#461	6	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#467	5	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#448	5	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#479	4	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#383	6	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	12	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#320	12	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#316	12	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#203	23	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#284	15	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#194	24	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#247	19	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#218	22	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#260	18	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	18	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#316	15	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#197	27	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#286	17	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#213	26	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#168	35	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#225	25	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	18	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#257	20	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#296	15	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	12	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	12	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#370	8	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	6	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	8	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#441	5	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	7	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#440	5	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#448	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#533	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#275	13	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1957 and 2025, ranked in 61 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #132, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 431 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1981, and 67 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Leighton · #150, 36y
Leikny · #294, 16y
Leila-Rose · #2314, 15y
Leilah · #1168, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Nelly · #132, 61y
Norah · #135, 62y
Erika · #136, 66y
Zainab · #125, 56y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Emine · #132, 55y
Heine · #131, 68y
Wojciech · #131, 64y
Amir · #130, 69y

Leila was ranked #132 in England and Wales · Girls in 2012. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Leila and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Leila without appearing here.

Leila moved ahead of

Brittany Compare
In 2000 they stood at #304 and #275 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #282 and #871.
Marilyn Compare
In 2014 they stood at #516 and #414 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #316 and #896.
Janice Compare
In 2008 they stood at #440 and #440 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #272 and #742.
Barbara Compare
In 2015 they stood at #316 and #316 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2016 that had become #254 and #585.

Moved ahead of Leila

Lily Compare
In 2005 they stood at #344 and #386 in Norway · Girls; by 2006 that had become #606 and #290.
Sofia Compare
In 1982 they stood at #297 and #405 in Norway · Girls; by 1983 that had become #600 and #294.
Vanessa Compare
In 1986 they stood at #480 and #493 in Norway · Girls; by 1987 that had become #617 and #315.
Matilda Compare
In 2005 they stood at #361 and #365 in Norway · Girls; by 2006 that had become #606 and #319.

Moved the opposite way to Leila

Oda Compare
Between 1972 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Leila went from #261 to #409 while Oda went from #619 to #87.
Emilie Compare
Between 1977 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Leila went from #204 to #409 while Emilie went from #500 to #16.
Maia Compare
Between 1979 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Leila went from #285 to #409 while Maia went from #584 to #131.
Barbara Compare
Between 1981 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Leila went from #533 to #316 while Barbara went from #78 to #856.

Moved the same way as Leila

Barbara Compare
Between 1957 and 2006 in Norway · Girls, Leila went from #383 to #606 and Barbara from #218 to #587.
Vigdis Compare
Between 1957 and 2006 in Norway · Girls, Leila went from #383 to #606 and Vigdis from #37 to #583.
Janet Compare
Between 1957 and 1991 in Norway · Girls, Leila went from #383 to #558 and Janet from #320 to #652.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1957 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #132 in England and Wales in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Leila

Leila at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Leila across 4 official records

Leila by decade in Norway · Girls

Leila appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Leila

Leila and the names beside it

Leila moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Leila

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Leila at a glance

Leila across 4 official records

Leila by decade in Norway · Girls

Leila appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Leila

Leila and the names beside it

Leila moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Leila

Moved the opposite way to Leila

Moved the same way as Leila