Lailah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Lailah: Recorded since 1996, it reached #296 in 2017, and it stood at #1,541 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#296highest recorded position
7groupings 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	#3795
1997	#3824
1998	#2701
1999	#3225
2000	#3912
2001	#3262
2003	#2191
2004	#2278
2005	#1796
2006	#1983
2007	#2410
2008	#1447
2009	#1411
2010	#1520
2011	#1295
2012	#1150
2013	#1537
2014	#1094
2015	#1033
2016	#1278
2017	#1628
2018	#1490
2019	#1703
2020	#1687
2021	#1866
2022	#2178
2023	#2063
2024	#1541

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 England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2017: #296 among girls in Northern Ireland, #873 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1628 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1541 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Lailah by decade in England and Wales · 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 Lailah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	15	4 of 10	4
2000s	94	9 of 10	10
2010sbusiest	241	10 of 10	24
2020s	77	5 of 10	15

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 24 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Lailah 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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #296 in Northern Ireland in 2017.

Lailah'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	#1541	20	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2063	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2178	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1866	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1687	17	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1703	17	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1490	21	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1628	19	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1278	26	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1033	34	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1094	32	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1537	20	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1150	29	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1295	24	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1520	19	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1411	20	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1447	19	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1983	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1796	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#296	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #296, first reached in 2017.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 34 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2017, and 21 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.

Laila-Mae · #2496, 11y
Laila-Rose · #1809, 15y
Laina · #747, 26y
Laine · #1591, 24y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Indy · #296, 24y
Mikail · #296, 29y
Poppie · #296, 29y
Eryn · #297, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aela · #296, 23y
Annabella · #296, 29y
Indy · #296, 24y
Mikail · #296, 29y

Lailah was ranked #296 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2017. 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.

Lailah 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 Lailah without appearing here.

Lailah moved ahead of

Finley Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2410 and #1965 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #1447 and #3860.
Gail Compare
In 2003 they stood at #3912 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #2278 and #4598.
Fionn Compare
In 2002 they stood at #3262 and #3262 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #2191 and #4373.
Sinead Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2063 and #1705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1541 and #3695.

Moved ahead of Lailah

Frida Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1150 and #1210 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1537 and #925.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1703 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1687 and #1313.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1628 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1490 and #1436.

Moved the opposite way to Lailah

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lailah went from #3795 to #1541 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lailah went from #3795 to #1541 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lailah went from #3795 to #1541 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lailah went from #3795 to #1541 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Lailah

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lailah went from #3795 to #1541 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lailah went from #3795 to #1541 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lailah went from #3795 to #1541 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lailah went from #3795 to #1541 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

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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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #296 in Northern Ireland in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Lailah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lailah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Lailah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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