Girl
Laila
Rooted in Arabic, Laila is a girl's name that means "Arabic, night". It is having a real moment, more popular in the 2010s than ever before. These days, it is neither rare nor overly common. It has appeared in U.S. birth records in nearly every decade since 1900, a genuinely long run.
EtymologyVariant of Layla
ArabicArabic – "night"
Births by decade
1900s
17
1910s
175
1920s
177
1930s
107
1940s
88
1950s
134
1960s
219
1970s
471
1980s
693
1990s
1,096
2000s
14,446
2010s
16,549
Peaked in the 2010s · 34,172 total U.S. births since 1900