Ayla Girl
How popular is Ayla?
#77 girl name in 2025
3,149 baby girls were named Ayla in the US in 2025, making it the 77th most popular girl name.
Ayla popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #77 for girls (▼ 8 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 3,149 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+161% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #265 in 2015, #131 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (3,253 girls) |
| Highest rank | #69 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1963 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ayla counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ayla family of names ranked #85 for girls in 2025 (#78 the year before), with 3,734 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ayla | 3,149 | 84% |
| Aila | 329 | 9% |
| Aylah | 170 | 5% |
| Aayla | 43 | 1% |
| Ailah | 30 | 1% |
| Aaila | 8 | 0% |
| Aaylah | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Ayla is most popular
Babies named Ayla per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 5.9 per 1,000 (68 girls)
- Rhode Island: 5.6 per 1,000 (70 girls)
- Massachusetts: 4.9 per 1,000 (592 girls)
- District of Columbia: 4.9 per 1,000 (58 girls)
- Delaware: 4.7 per 1,000 (53 girls)
Ayla by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1970s | 15 | #9,650 |
| 1980s | 1,058 | #594 |
| 1990s | 2,431 | #736 |
| 2000s | 5,637 | #265 |
| 2010s | 12,566 | #162 |
| 2020s | 16,327 | #69 |
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Questions
- Is Ayla a boy or girl name?
- Ayla is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Ayla were girls.
- How popular is the name Ayla?
- 3,149 baby girls were named Ayla in the US in 2025, making it the 77th most popular girl name.
- When was Ayla most popular?
- Ayla peaked in 2024, when 3,253 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #69 in 2024.
- How many people are named Ayla?
- 38,040 babies have been named Ayla in the US since 1880. We estimate about 37,818 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Ayla most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ayla was most common in Hawaii, at 5.9 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.