Iyla

What Iyla means

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

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,831 in 2015, #525 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Iyla?

US: Rising: up from #1831 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #340 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 572 girls got the name (#525 that year). First in the US records in 1929.

How common

• About 1 in 2,810 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,089 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 4,473 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 ME (1.61 per 1,000 girls), NM (1.28 per 1,000 girls), NV (0.98 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Iyla is #525 in the US and #483 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 Iyla 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
• Aila329 US · 69 E&W
• Ila390 US · 6 E&W
• Aylah170 US · 38 E&W
• Ela135 US · 54 E&W
• Eila113 US · 12 E&W
• Iylah90 US · 21 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 Iyla

Girls

• Eden#70possibly “steppe, garden”^*
• Eliana#10Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #10 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel
• Myla#210Editor’s note Up from #335 in 2015 to #210 in 2025 in the US
• Lucy#24“light”^*
• Evelyn#8Same root as Eileen, possibly meaning “radiance, beauty”^*
• Luciana#273Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #273 vs #1,809 in 2025

For a brother

• Archer#98Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #289 in 2015, #98 in 2025
• Judah#178Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #178 vs #404 in 2025
• Asher#28Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #28 vs #150 in 2025
• Santiago#26Spanish form of James, meaning “May He Heel”^*
• Silas#71Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #71 vs #585 in 2025
• Rowan#59“little red one”^*

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 Iyla’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.