Lejla comes from the Arabic / Bosnian tradition, meaning Night, dark beauty, dark as night.
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How popular is Lejla?
2007peak year
The name Lejla reached its peak in 2007, with 47 registrations (ranked #3510). It had only entered records 12 years earlier, in 1995. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #5612) today, averaging about 23 new babies per year. Lejla's usage has held roughly steady recently. Across all years on record, approximately 854 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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