Aayla
Aayla was the 3517th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 43 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 2416th; the most babies were born in 2022 (75). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,465 places. More babies were named Aayla in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Ayla) Origin uncertain · Turkish, Hebrew
- Rank in 2025
- #3,517 girls, down 627 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 43girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202275 babies
- Total since 1880
- 860babies recorded
What does the name Aayla mean?
Aayla is a spelling of Ayla, pronounced the same way, so it shares Ayla's meaning and origin.
Ayla has at least two separate sources. In Turkish it is a common girl's name usually explained as the halo of light around the moon, from ay, 'moon'; Wikipedia gives that meaning. In Hebrew, Ela or Ayla (אֵלָה) is the word for the terebinth, a tree of the pistachio family, and Wikipedia notes that the name is also linked with the oak. Wikipedia also mentions related Turkish names built on ay, such as Aylin.
ay (Turkish, “moon”)אֵלָה (Hebrew, “ela, terebinth tree”)
How sure is this? Uncertain. Two independent sources (Turkish and Hebrew); the Turkish 'moon halo' gloss is a popular explanation that we could not confirm in a dictionary.
Related names: Aila, Aylah, Eila, Ela, Isla.
Sources for this meaning
- Wikipedia, 'Ayla (name)', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wiktionary, entry 'אלה', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
Aayla popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,517 | 43 |
| 2020 | #2,890 | 56 |
| 2010 | #4,108 | 36 |
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How popular is Aayla, counting every spelling?
Aayla is a spelling of Ayla, a name family that ranked #70 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,517 for Aayla on its own. Together these spellings went to 4,015 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ayla | 3,149 | #77 | 14,302 |
| Aila | 329 | #827 | 1,782 |
| Aylah | 170 | #1,310 | 925 |
| Eila | 113 | #1,783 | 623 |
| Aayla | 43 | #3,517 | 322 |
| Aella | 35 | #4,068 | 306 |
| Aela | 61 | #2,778 | 292 |
| Aylla | 48 | #3,259 | 176 |
| Ailah | 30 | #4,549 | 172 |
| Eilah | 18 | #6,384 | 107 |
| Aaila | 8 | #10,918 | 51 |
| Aaylah | 5 | #14,954 | 37 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Aayla?
43 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Aayla (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Aayla born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 195 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Aayla.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Aayla?
About 900 people born in the US named Aayla are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 4 and 14. That makes Aayla a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Aayla by state
How common Aayla was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 44 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Aayla: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Aayla, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Aayla
What does Aayla mean?
The origin of Ayla is uncertain: two independent sources (Turkish and Hebrew); the Turkish 'moon halo' gloss is a popular explanation that we could not confirm in a dictionary.
How popular is the name Aayla?
Aayla was the 3517th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 43 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 2416th; the most babies were born in 2022 (75). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,465 places. More babies were named Aayla in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Aayla a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Aayla in the US.
Where is Aayla most popular?
In 2021–2025, Aayla was most common in California (0.04 per 1,000 girls), followed by Arizona and Virginia.