girl's name
Laëlya
- Gender Girl
- Letters 6
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 70
Laëlya is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 5 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
- Peaked in France in 2020, when 15 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade in France.
- Today about 1 in 117,911 babies in France is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 2014.
Laëlya over time
Births per decade in France, 2010s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 2010s | 25 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 45 |
How popular is Laëlya?
In 2025, Laëlya was given to 5 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.
How Laëlya is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Laélya | Laélya is a rare spelling of Laëlya, written with an acute accent and recorded about 20 times, mostly in France. | 20 |
| Laelya | Laelya is Laëlya without the diaeresis, and the spelling recorded in France, where it ranks #5,539. | 5 |
Names that peaked alongside Laëlya
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Laëlya also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Laëlya over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Laëlya
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Laëlya — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Laëlya
Is Laëlya a girl's or a boy's name?
Laëlya is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Laëlya most popular?
Laëlya peaked in 2020, when 15 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Laëlya a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Laëlya currently ranks #4,899 in France. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.