Laila
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Laila
Beguiling and lovely, Laila is one of the lilting variations of Leila and Layla. It's the name of the former-boxer daughter of Muhammad Ali and of actor Shawn Wayans. In Finland, the Sami people use this in place of the Scandinavian name Helga.
Laila is also given to boys.
Pronounced LY-luh.
As of October 2026, Laila ranked #413 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #135 in 2009.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #149 | 2,146 | 1,201.3 |
| 2015 | #170 | 1,889 | 1,058.2 |
| 2016 | #164 | 1,951 | 1,101 |
| 2017 | #172 | 1,751 | 1,014.2 |
| 2018 | #182 | 1,618 | 951.2 |
| 2019 | #210 | 1,460 | 869.9 |
| 2020 | #227 | 1,303 | 806 |
| 2021 | #243 | 1,252 | 763 |
| 2022 | #309 | 1,031 | 628.6 |
| 2023 | #312 | 988 | 615.7 |
| 2024 | #371 | 839 | 517.8 |
| 2025 | #413 | 755 | 469.7 |
World rankings
Laila for girls
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Laila on lists
Famous Lailas
- Laila Amaria AliGirl
American boxer; daughter of boxer Muhammad Ali
- Laila Morse (born Maureen "Mo" Oldman)Girl
English actress
- Laila MehdinGirl
Indian actress
- Laila Abdesselam RouassGirl
British actress
- Laura Annikki "Laila" KinnunenGirl
Finnish pop singer
- Laila Natali Bagge WahlgrenGirl
Swedish manager and songwriter
- Laila Ellen Kaarina HirvisaariGirl
Finnish novelist
- Laila LalamiGirl
Moroccan,American novelist
- Laila StienGirl
Norwegian novelist
- Laila Ali AbdullaGirl
4th First Lady of the Maldives as wife of president Mohamed Nasheed; mother of Meera Laila and Zaaya Laila Nasheed
- Laila WayansGirl
daughter of actor Shawn Wayans
- Laila Rose Lynche (b. 2012)Girl
daughter of singer Michael Lynche
- Laila Aubrielle (b. 2013)Girl
daughter of Jazmin Young of TV's "16 and Pregnant"
- Laila Bullock (adopted 2015)Girl
daughter of actress Sandra Bullock
Laila in pop culture
- Laila MarkusGirl
daughter of Grace and Leo on TV's "Will and Grace"
- LailaGirl
spelling more often used in Finland, where it is pronounced like Lila/Lyla
- LailaGirl
character in "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini