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Leila Girl Name

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Leila name image The name Leila is of Persian origin, and means dark as night.  The table below indicates the number of times the name Leila has been given to baby girls in recent years.  The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.  The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years. 

Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Leila
Use of the Name Leila
for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years50 Years25 Years10 Years5 Years2 Years1 Year
26,80411,2667,2874,4223,3931,767878
The table below indicates the number of times the name Leila has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.  A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.

Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Leila
 Used as a Girl NameUsed as a Boy Name
YearRankCountRankCount
188016580  
188117377  
188217383  
188317790  
1884174103  
1885167123  
1886188115  
1887188112  
1888171170  
1889205126  
1890192154  
1891179178  
1892189178  
1893195173  
1894215152  
1895228147  
1896228149  
1897217157  
1898231161  
1899236139  
1900238178  
1901240145  
1902264140  
1903262138  
1904260148  
1905264154  
1906260160  
1907262171  
1908288150  
1909297145  
1910304163  
1911331143  
1912325194  
1913312233  
1914327260  
1915307364  
1916316369  
1917333351  
1918336368  
1919322386  
1920324401  
1921353347  
1922342364  
1923365333  
1924360363  
1925369341  
1926384317  
1927392306  
1928405280  
1929396283  
1930387315  
1931381290  
1932367304  
1933373293  
1934422241  
1935419240  
1936475181  
1937418239  
1938483190  
1939503178  
1940514183  
1941483210  
1942522203  
1943529202  
1944524193  
1945548179  
1946613167  
1947630177  
1948671156  
1949613182  
1950658168  
1951710152  
1952701163  
1953680177  
1954669193  
1955712177  
1956719180  
1957747178  
1958806156  
1959725193  
1960779172  
1961753191  
1962749191  
1963795171  
1964826162  
1965860135  
1966747175  
1967853140  
1968    
1969909136  
1970963132  
1971842163  
1972901139  
1973882143  
1974852154  
1975843159  
1976856159  
1977784192  
1978808185  
1979807196  
1980848183  
1981744222  
1982773212  
1983763211  
1984787203  
1985777217  
1986811208  
1987813214  
1988827220  
1989911199  
1990997182  
1991960197  
1992971197  
1993944200  
1994    
1995879215  
1996    
1997935213  
1998737296  
1999736305  
2000595425  
2001492564  
2002451637  
2003344889  
2004353878  
Totals:  26,804 0

During the last 125 years, parents have used Leila as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.  Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Leila appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 122 times during the last 125 years.

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