Maila
Maila was the 3624th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 42 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 2545th with 70 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 4,228 places. More babies were named Maila in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,624 girls, down 95 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 42girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202270 babies
- Total since 1880
- 759babies recorded
Maila popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,624 | 42 |
| 2020 | #3,529 | 43 |
| 2010 | #8,144 | 15 |
| 2000 | #12,612 | 7 |
| 1990 | #10,910 | 7 |
| 1980 | #11,413 | 5 |
| 1970 | — | — |
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| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Maila, counting every spelling?
Maila is a spelling of Mayla, a name family that ranked #837 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,624 for Maila on its own. Together these spellings went to 317 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayla | 115 | #1,763 | 507 |
| Maila | 42 | #3,624 | 259 |
| Maela | 54 | #3,054 | 227 |
| Meila | 39 | #3,815 | 169 |
| Maylah | 31 | #4,516 | 89 |
| Meilah | 9 | #10,623 | 67 |
| Mailah | 9 | #10,589 | 43 |
| Maella | 8 | #11,533 | 42 |
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 Maila?
42 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Maila (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Maila 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 200 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Maila.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Maila?
About 800 people born in the US named Maila are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 4 and 18. That makes Maila 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.
Maila by state
How common Maila was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in California (2.0×). In 47 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 Maila: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Maila, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Maila
How popular is the name Maila?
Maila was the 3624th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 42 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 2545th with 70 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 4,228 places. More babies were named Maila in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Maila a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Maila in the US.
Where is Maila most popular?
In 2021–2025, Maila was most common in Hawaii (1.13 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and Florida.