Leyla is a distinctive choice, ranked #403 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Leyla in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#403
US Rank #611
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About the Name Leyla
Leyla is steadily gaining in popularity, up 50 places over the past five years. Its best recorded rank was #224 in 2011, and it currently sits at #369. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Leyla is fairly common in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Leyla in their class.
In the US it sits at #601 — notably more popular in the UK than across the Atlantic.
⭐ Famous People Named Leyla
Leyla Lydia Tuğutlu — Leyla Lydia Tuğutlu is a Turkish-German actress, singer, model and beauty pageant titleholder.
Leyla Neyzi — Leyla Neyzi is a Turkish academic anthropologist and oral historian.
Leyla Aliyeva — Leyla Ilham qizi Aliyeva is an Azerbaijani politician who is a member of Azerbaijan's ruling Aliyev family, as the daughter of the current president, Ilham Aliyev, and granddaughter of the former president, Heydar Aliyev.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Leyla
Unlikely. With around 101 UK babies named Leyla per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Leyla in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Leyla has been fairly steady, ranked #403 in 2025 against #419 in 2020. Its best recorded position was #224 in 2011.
Leyla is more popular in the UK (#369) than in the US (#601). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Leyla include: Leyla Lydia Tuğutlu, Leyla Neyzi and Leyla Aliyeva. Short summaries for each appear below.
Leyla ranks #601 in the US top 1,000 (2024). It's recognised in America but considerably more popular in the UK.
101
UK babies named Leyla (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
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Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Leyla
Almost certainly the only Leyla in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2025)
Rank · SSA official data
✨ Similar names to Leyla
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Leyla Ilham qizi Aliyeva is an Azerbaijani politician who is a member of Azerbaijan's ruling Aliyev family, as the daughter of the current president, Ilham Aliyev, and granddaughter of the former president, Heydar Aliyev.
Leyla Aghalar gizi Badirbeyli and Leyla Badirbeyova – (after marriage, Javanshirova; Azerbaijani: Leyla Ağalar qızı Bədirbəyli (Cavanşirova));, Soviet and Azerbaijani actress of theatre and cinema, People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan SSR, laureate of the State Stalin Prize of the second degree, member of the CPSU from 1945.
Leyla Islam qizi Yunusova, better known as Leyla Yunus, is an Azerbaijani human rights activist and the director of Institute of Peace and Democracy, a human rights organisation.
Leyla Vladimirovna Adamyan (Armenian: Լեյլա Վլադիմիրի Ադամյան, Russian: Ле́йла Влади́мировна Адамя́н: born January 20, 1949, Tbilisi) is a Soviet and Russian obstetrician-gynecologist, doctor of medical sciences, teacher, professor of Armenian descent.