# Aila (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aila/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,268 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 4,268 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,357, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 126 | 1,672 |
| 2012 | 158 | 1,445 |
| 2013 | 105 | 1,901 |
| 2014 | 131 | 1,634 |
| 2015 | 142 | 1,550 |
| 2016 | 155 | 1,480 |
| 2017 | 170 | 1,360 |
| 2018 | 210 | 1,155 |
| 2019 | 270 | 968 |
| 2020 | 293 | 900 |
| 2021 | 378 | 752 |
| 2022 | 355 | 796 |
| 2023 | 365 | 771 |
| 2024 | 355 | 793 |
| 2025 | 329 | 827 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 47 | 789 |
| 2012 | 62 | 663 |
| 2013 | 56 | 712 |
| 2014 | 61 | 652 |
| 2015 | 86 | 500 |
| 2016 | 68 | 622 |
| 2017 | 98 | 448 |
| 2018 | 97 | 449 |
| 2019 | 120 | 362 |
| 2020 | 93 | 445 |
| 2021 | 99 | 443 |
| 2022 | 82 | 494 |
| 2023 | 88 | 451 |
| 2024 | 74 | 526 |
| 2025 | 69 | 573 |

## People named Aila

- Aila Meriluoto, Finnish poet, author and translator (1924-2019)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.