Aila

What Aila means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Aila yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #1,550 in 2015 to #827 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Aila?

US: Rising: up from #1550 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #500 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2021, when 378 girls got the name (#752 that year). First in the US records in 1920.

How common

• About 1 in 4,885 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,671 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 688 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in HI (5.13 per 1,000 girls), NM (1.07 per 1,000 girls), NV (0.65 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Aila is #827 in the US and #573 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Aila were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Ella5,831 US · 932 E&W
• Ayla3,149 US · 980 E&W
• Iyla572 US · 82 E&W
• Ila390 US · 6 E&W
• Aylah170 US · 38 E&W
• Ela135 US · 54 E&W
• Eila113 US · 12 E&W
• Aiyla72 US · 37 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Aila

Girls

• Lilith#277Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #586 in 2015, #277 in 2025
• Elliana#139Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #301 in 2015, #139 in 2025
• Lennon#214“descendant of Lover (Leannán)”^*
• Elianna#218Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #598 in 2015, #218 in 2025
• Emersyn#138Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #138 vs #3,705 in 2025
• Willow#44From the word “willow”^*

For a brother

• Ares#290Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #722 in 2015, #290 in 2025
• Finn#206“the Sami”^*
• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*
• Kayson#264Variant of Cason, meaning “house”^*
• Leonardo#91Italian, from Old French Leonard, meaning “as strong as a lion”^*
• Jaxson#156Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1991, with 13 babies

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Aila’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.