Leyla
Meaning and origin
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Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Leyla has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2022. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 5 |
| 2005 | 5 |
| 2006 | 7 |
| 2007 | 10 |
| 2008 | 7 |
| 2009 | 16 |
| 2010 | 12 |
| 2011 | 16 |
| 2012 | 15 |
| 2013 | 16 |
| 2014 | 10 |
| 2015 | 19 |
| 2016 | 18 |
| 2017 | 25 |
| 2018 | 28 |
| 2019 | 32 |
| 2020 | 27 |
| 2021 | 33 |
| 2022 | 55 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 433 |
| 2000 | 449 |
| 2001 | 454 |
| 2002 | 466 |
| 2003 | 473 |
| 2004 | 495 |
| 2005 | 516 |
| 2006 | 546 |
| 2007 | 580 |
| 2008 | 605 |
| 2009 | 650 |
| 2010 | 675 |
| 2011 | 704 |
| 2012 | 742 |
| 2013 | 775 |
| 2014 | 801 |
| 2015 | 839 |
| 2016 | 864 |
| 2017 | 909 |
| 2018 | 955 |
| 2019 | 1,012 |
| 2020 | 1,032 |
Leyla in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Leyla.Hi! My name is Leyla.
- Har du träffat Leyla? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Leyla? She started working here on Monday.
- Jag ska fika med Leyla i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Leyla this afternoon.
- Leylas mamma är lärare.Leyla's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Leylas mamma is Leyla's mum.
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Questions about Leyla
How do you pronounce Leyla in Swedish?
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How popular is Leyla in Sweden?
55 babies were named Leyla in 2022. In 2020, 1,032 people in Sweden had Leyla as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2022 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.