Given name

Lajla

Lajla is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Lajla isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2004. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Lajla through the years

Babies since 1880
34
0 boys · 34 girls
Most popular year
2019
7 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
02462025Highest share 20190.0
Lajla in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2004–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

LajlaLeilaLailaLeelah

The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Lajla

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Lajla, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Amalah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Layra

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Adaiyah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Anyila

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Lalana

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Lolade

11Very rare

>99% girls

Modern

Luvlee

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Athaleyah

“The Lord is exalted”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Lajla’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Lajla

A sister for Lajla