Lila
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Lila
Lila is one of the girl names with a double l sound — Lila, Lola, Layla, Leila, Lily et al — that have caught on in a major way., Delicate yet dynamic, Lila has a slightly international flair.
The one caveat, and you may consider it a big: As a group, the La-La names have gotten so stylish so quickly that they're verging on full-blown trendiness and tend to blend into one another. So while there may not be another little girl named Lila in town, between those named Lillian, Lily, Layla, and so on, you may feel there's a double L overload.
Lila was derived from the Arabic word laylah, meaning "night." It has separate roots in Sanskrit with the meaning "play." In Hinduism, Lila is a conceptualism of the universe as a playground of the gods. Lilah and Lyla are variant spellings.
Lila has been a recent hot TV character name, seen on such shows asDamages and Dexter, as well as Friday Night Lights, where the name is spelled Lyla—another trendy version.
Trivia tidbit: Diane Sawyer was born Lila Diane.
Lila is also given to boys.
Pronounced LY-luh.
As of October 2026, Lila ranked #187 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #155 in 2010, Nameberry popularity #96.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #184 | 1,776 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #199 | 1,658 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #210 | 1,561 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #210 | 1,473 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #225 | 1,405 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #228 | 1,372 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #228 | 1,298 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #223 | 1,339 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #221 | 1,354 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #213 | 1,398 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #207 | 1,475 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #187 | 1,670 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Lila on lists
Famous Lilas
- (Ana) Lila Downs (Sánchez)Girl
Mexican,American singer,songwriter
- Lila KarpGirl
American feminist novelist
- Elizaveta Nikolayevna "Lila" KedrovaGirl
Russian,French actress
- Lila Lee (born Augusta Appel)Girl
American actress
- Lila Elaine McCannGirl
American country music singer
- (Lila) Diane SawyerGirl
American news reporter
- Lila PrapGirl
pen name of Lilijana Praprotnik ZupanÄiÄ, Slovene children's author and illustrator
- Lila AmenGirl
American reality TV personality ("All American Muslim")
- Lila Parks (b. 2001)Girl
daughter of musicians Louise Post of Veruca Salt and Tony Parks
- Lila Grace MossGirl
Hack (b. 2002), daughter of model Kate Moss
- Lila Geary (b. 2006)Girl
daughter of actors Laura Fraser and Karl Geary
- Lila Tracey Cassidy (b. 2008)Girl
daughter of actor Shaun Cassidy
- Lila Addison Jones (b. 2009)Girl
quintuplet daughter of Casey and Ethan Jones of TV's "Quints By Surprise"
- Lila Hagman (b. 2009)Girl
daughter of ice hockey player Niklas Hagman and model Piritta Hannula
- Lila Bennington (b. 2011)Girl
daughter of singer Chester Bennington of Linkin Park and model Talinda Bennington; twin of sister Lily
- Lila Lovejoy (b. 2013)Girl
daughter of ice hockey player Ben Lovejoy
- LilaGirl
Elodie Scott, daughter of singers Mike Scott of The Waterboys and Camille O'Sullivan
- Lila Skye KalisGirl
daughter of American skateboarder Josh Kalis
Lila in pop culture
- Delilah 'Lila' BardGirl
character from V.E. Schwab's "A Darker Shade of Magic"
- LilaGirl
character on TV's 'Deadwood'
- Lila WestGirl
character on TV's 'Dexter'
- Lila Dahl (Ames)Girl
character in Marilynne Robinson's Gilead trilogy
- Lila ZacharovGirl
character in The Curse Workers trilogy by Holly Black
- Lila MorganGirl
character on TV's "Angel"
- Lila WateGirl
character in the Beautiful Creatures series
- Lila MarkusGirl
Grace's daughter on TV's "Will and Grace"
- Lila "Fantasia" WalkerGirl
character in movie "One False Move"
- Lila RobinsonGirl
character on TV's "Pushing Daisies"
- Lila PilgrimGirl
character on TV's "Endeavour"
- Lila SawyerGirl
character in animated series "Hey Arnold"
- Lila Maria SucreGirl
daughter of Sucre on TV's "Prison Break"
- Lila MayfieldGirl
main character in comic strip "The Meaning of Lila" by John Forgetta
- Lila StanguardGirl
character from How to Get Away with Murder
- Rafaella "Lila" CerulloGirl
character in Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan novels
- Lila RossiGirl
character in the TV show 'Miraculous Tales of Ladybug and Chat Noir'
- Lila FowlerGirl
character in Sweet Valley High book series by Francine Pascalki
- Lila NorcrossGirl
main character in the novel "Sleeping Beauties" by Stephen and Owen King
- Lila DixonGirl
character in the 1942 film "Holiday Inn"
- LilaGirl
unicorn character in 2003 animated movie, "Barbie of Swan Lake"
- LilaGirl
minor character in the Peanuts
- Lila BartonGirl
character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe