Laela Girl
How popular is Laela?
#5,553 girl name in 2025
22 baby girls were named Laela in the US in 2025, making it the 5553rd most popular girl name.
Laela popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #5,553 for girls (▼ 1731 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 22 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-52% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,429 in 2015, #2,597 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2009 (111 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,889 in 2009 |
| First recorded | 1972 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Laela counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Laela family of names ranked #3,284 for girls in 2025 (#2,732 the year before), with 28 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Laela | 22 | 79% |
| Laella | 6 | 21% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Laela is most popular
Babies named Laela per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Laela by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11 | #8,290 |
| 1980s | 19 | #8,126 |
| 1990s | 47 | #8,127 |
| 2000s | 670 | #1,889 |
| 2010s | 690 | #1,982 |
| 2020s | 248 | #2,597 |
Girl names about as popular as Laela
Questions
- Is Laela a boy or girl name?
- Laela is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Laela were girls.
- How popular is the name Laela?
- 22 baby girls were named Laela in the US in 2025, making it the 5553rd most popular girl name.
- When was Laela most popular?
- Laela peaked in 2009, when 111 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,889 in 2009.
- How many people are named Laela?
- 1,685 babies have been named Laela in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,672 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Laela most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Laela was most common in Pennsylvania, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.