Baila
Baila was the 1467th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 146 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1421st with 157 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 239 places. More babies were named Baila in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,467 girls, up 105 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 146girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2024157 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,416babies recorded
Baila popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,467 | 146 |
| 2020 | #1,572 | 134 |
| 2010 | #2,029 | 98 |
| 2000 | #2,862 | 50 |
| 1990 | #3,442 | 31 |
| 1980 | #3,624 | 22 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | #5,748 | 6 |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Baila, counting every spelling?
Baila is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #920 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,467 for Baila on its own. Together these spellings went to 269 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baila | 146 | #1,467 | 726 |
| Bayla | 51 | #3,133 | 174 |
| Baela | 62 | #2,755 | 110 |
| Baylah | 10 | #9,543 | 45 |
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 Baila?
146 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Baila (0.04 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Baila 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 57 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Baila.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Baila?
About 3,400 people born in the US named Baila are alive today, with a median age of 14; half are between 6 and 23. That makes Baila mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Baila by state
How common Baila was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New York (13.9×), New Jersey (10.1×). In 49 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 Baila: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Baila, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Baila
How popular is the name Baila?
Baila was the 1467th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 146 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1421st with 157 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 239 places. More babies were named Baila in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Baila a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Baila in the US.
Where is Baila most popular?
In 2021–2025, Baila was most common in New York (1.25 per 1,000 girls), followed by New Jersey and New Jersey.