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Girl's nameOrigin: of mixed originIn Israel: steady

LailaIn Hebrew: לילה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: לַיְלָה

Laila (Hebrew: לילה) is a girl's name of mixed origin. 5,433 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 93 girls and ranked #184. Its peak year was 2019, with 100 babies.

People in Israel
5,433
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
93
rank #184
Peak year
2019
100 babies
USA, 2025
755
rank #413

Writing and saying Laila

In Hebrew letters the name is לילה, read right to left. Laila is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Laila by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Laila: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Laila in English-speaking countries

Laila in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025755#4132008 (2,414)
United Kingdom2025162#3002010 (652)
England and Wales2025151#2952010 (616)
Scotland202511#3012011 (47)
Ireland202511#3532010 (37)
British Columbia20236#5142013 (15)
Alberta202510#4472012 (24)
Quebec20259#5002014 (28)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Laila has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Laila

How do you write Laila in Hebrew?

Laila is written לילה in Hebrew (with vowel points: לַיְלָה). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Laila?

5,433 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name לילה: 5,433 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Laila a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named לילה are women.

Is Laila used outside Israel?

The name Laila appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 755 girls were given it in 2025 (#413), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 162 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.