How Many People Are Named Liyla?
An estimated 153 people in the United States have the first name Liyla. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 10 years old, and Liyla peaked in popularity in 2020 with 14 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Liyla as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Liyla paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
153
About 1 in 2,240,224 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
10
years old
Peak Year
2020
14 births
Total Registered
154
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Liyla
Liyla is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 154 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Liyla as a female name
Ranked #9,933 in 2024
10 female births in 2024
Peak: 2020 (14 births)
Liyla: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Liyla span from the 2000s to the 2020s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 101 babies were registered. While Liyla is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Liyla by Decade
How has Liyla tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Liyla + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Liyla as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Liyla
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Liyla: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Liyla?
We estimate approximately 153 people named Liyla are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 2,240,224 Americans share this first name.
Is Liyla a common name?
Liyla is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 70.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 154 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Liyla most popular?
Liyla reached peak popularity in 2020, when 14 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Liyla is approximately 10 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Liyla a female name?
Liyla is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Liyla Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Liyla Smith, Liyla Johnson, Liyla Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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