How popular is the name Ayla?

Ayla ranks 526th among girls' names in US records, with 52,278 births since 1961. Over the past decade it accounts for 26,435.

Is Ayla a unisex name?

No. Ayla is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2024, when 3,720 children were given the name. It has been in use for 64 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Aleah, Aela, Ailah. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#526 of girl names

Pronounced AY1 L AA1 (ARPABET)

Ayla is a girls' name, and first appears in 1961. It has been given to 52,278 children — the 526th most common girls' name on record.

It is gaining, with the past decade running 66% ahead of the one before it. Its best single year was 2024, when 3,720 children were given it.

Three other spellings are counted in that total — Aleah, Aela and Ailah — because they are pronounced identically.

20243,720

These spellings sound identical to Ayla and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Ayla?: Ayla ranks 526th among girls' names in US records, with 52,278 births since 1961. Over the past decade it accounts for 26,435.
Is Ayla a unisex name?: No. Ayla is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Ayla most popular?: 2024, when 3,720 children were given the name. It has been in use for 64 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Ayla spelled?: Aleah, Aela, Ailah. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.