Name meaning & stats
Laila
Laila means “night” (Arabic origin). 43,014 US babies since 1940, peak 2008.
What it means
“night”
ArabicWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2008
43,014 US babies were named Laila between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Laila (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 4 Laylas spell it Laila
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2008)