Mayla
Mayla was the 1763rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 115 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1750th with 116 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 573 places. More babies were named Mayla in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,763 girls, up 209 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 115girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2024116 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,703babies recorded
Mayla popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,763 | 115 |
| 2020 | #1,972 | 96 |
| 2010 | #3,145 | 53 |
| 2000 | #6,134 | 18 |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | #8,717 | 7 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Mayla, counting every spelling?
Mayla is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #837 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,763 for Mayla 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 Mayla?
115 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Mayla (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Mayla 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 73 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Mayla.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Mayla?
About 1,700 people born in the US named Mayla are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 5 and 16. That makes Mayla 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.
Mayla by state
How common Mayla was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Massachusetts (3.6×), Pennsylvania (1.7×), Florida (1.5×). In 40 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 Mayla: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Mayla, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Mayla
How popular is the name Mayla?
Mayla was the 1763rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 115 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1750th with 116 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 573 places. More babies were named Mayla in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Mayla a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Mayla in the US.
Where is Mayla most popular?
In 2021–2025, Mayla was most common in South Dakota (0.35 per 1,000 girls), followed by Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.