Lailah
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning night.
How Lailah has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #698 |
| 2016 | #708 |
| 2017 | #794 |
| 2018 | #815 |
| 2019 | #960 |
Lailah by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Lailah. In the US, 342 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 451 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lailah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lailanight1,735 in the US (2017)
- Lilahnight; a form of leila or lilith464 in England and Wales (2025)
- Laylahnight; a form of Layla388 in the US (2017)
- Leilahnight; a form of Layla204 in the US (2017)
- Laelahnight; a respelling of Layla or Laylah41 in the US (2017)
- Laiylahnight; a variant spelling of Laila8 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Lailah
Names that are said the same way as Lailah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean the night
Like Lailah, each of these has the night in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Lylanight751 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leilanight, dark beauty1,400 in the US (2017)
- Lilithof the night, spirit of night120 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leylanight101 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lylahnight; a form of Leila or Lilith85 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lailaninight beauty; heavenly night121 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Lailah
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