Given name
Laela
“a beauty of the night; born at nightfall”
Laela is a variant of Laila. One Arabic interpretation is “a beauty of the night; born at nightfall.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Laela is a variant of Laila. One Arabic interpretation is “a beauty of the night; born at nightfall.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Laela through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,685
- 0 boys · 1,685 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 111 babies
- 2025
- 22
- #5,644 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −35%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 22 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,644 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 35.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 111 in 2009. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,278 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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