Lyla

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Lyla: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #68, and it stood at #138 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
65times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#68highest recorded position
11groupings 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
1999	#3225
2001	#2783
2002	#3409
2003	#1472
2004	#1715
2005	#303
2006	#253
2007	#227
2008	#213
2009	#188
2010	#159
2011	#152
2012	#132
2013	#114
2014	#113
2015	#121
2016	#104
2017	#95
2018	#97
2019	#98
2020	#97
2021	#76
2022	#80
2023	#76
2024	#74

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 26 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #68 among girls in Scotland, #74 among girls in England and Wales, #81 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, #110 among girls in Northern Ireland, #126 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1996–2025 · 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 recent2025
Most recently recorded at #138 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Lyla appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 26 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 8,920 births with the name.

Lyla 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.

Lyla'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
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#74 (2024)	#74 (2024)	26 of 29	8,920 (1996–2024)	667 (2021)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#384 (2006)	#71 (2022)	#110 (2024)	18 of 19	243 (2006–2024)	30 (2022)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#549 (2007)	#118 (2023)	#138 (2025)	18 of 19	323 (2007–2025)	40 (2023)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#97 (2021)	#81 (2024)	#81 (2024)	2 of 4	168 (2021–2024)	89 (2024)

Lyla 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 Lyla in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000s	1,109	9 of 10	123
2010s	4,756	10 of 10	476
2020sbusiest	3,048	5 of 10	610

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 610 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2020 and 2021, when recorded births rose by 150, from 517 to 667.

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

Lyla 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 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #68 in Scotland in 2024.

Lyla'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	#74	634	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#76	610	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#80	620	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#76	667	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#97	517	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#98	531	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#97	539	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#95	563	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#104	553	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#121	481	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#113	497	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#114	478	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#132	431	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#152	353	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#159	330	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#188	285	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#213	240	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#227	225	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#253	185	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#303	139	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1715	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1472	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2024	New South Wales, Australia	female	#81	89	Insufficient	Not yet available
2021	New South Wales, Australia	female	#97	79	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#110	18	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#102	20	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#71	30	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#89	25	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#119	17	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#167	12	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#126	19	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#130	18	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#137	16	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#161	14	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#178	11	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#178	11	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#172	11	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#311	5	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#324	5	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#419	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#301	5	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#384	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#138	33	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#126	36	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#118	40	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#169	30	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#177	27	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#220	20	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#271	17	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#196	26	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#260	18	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#302	15	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#462	9	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#427	10	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#424	10	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#695	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#555	7	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	8	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#549	6	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#68	62	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 1996 and 2025, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #68, first reached in 2024.

It held a top-100 place in 8 years, 8 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 667 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 28 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.

Lydia-Rose · #1817, 15y
Lykke · #64, 27y
Lyla-Grace · #2458, 15y
Lyla-Mae · #1224, 16y

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.

Lennox · #69, 30y
Otis · #67, 30y
Alba · #66, 31y
Britney · #66, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Amara · #68, 30y
Lexie · #68, 30y
Brock · #69, 27y
Filippa · #67, 27y

Lyla was ranked #68 in Scotland · Girls in 2024. 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.

Lyla 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 Lyla without appearing here.

Lyla moved ahead of

Francis Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3795 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #303 and #3970.
Freddie Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3795 and #2350 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #253 and #3548.
Finn Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3409 and #2868 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #303 and #3382.
Josefine Compare
In 2002 they stood at #3225 and #3225 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #1472 and #4373.

Moved ahead of Lyla

Ivy Compare
In 2011 they stood at #695 and #937 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #612 and #371.
Elsie Compare
In 2008 they stood at #301 and #413 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #419 and #309.
Croía Compare
In 2018 they stood at #196 and #255 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #271 and #162.
Éala Compare
In 2018 they stood at #196 and #411 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #271 and #180.

Moved the opposite way to Lyla

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lyla went from #3795 to #74 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lyla went from #3795 to #74 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lyla went from #3795 to #74 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lyla went from #3795 to #74 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Lyla

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lyla went from #3795 to #74 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lyla went from #3795 to #74 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lyla went from #3795 to #74 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lyla went from #3795 to #74 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #68 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lyla

Lyla at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lyla across 4 official records

Lyla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Lyla appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Lyla and the names beside it

Lyla moved ahead of

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Lyla at a glance

Lyla across 4 official records

Lyla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Lyla appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Lyla

Lyla and the names beside it

Lyla moved ahead of

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