# Ayla (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ayla/  
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 | 38,040 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 38,040 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 9,731, 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 | 925 | 347 |
| 2012 | 1,295 | 250 |
| 2013 | 1,110 | 289 |
| 2014 | 1,188 | 277 |
| 2015 | 1,205 | 265 |
| 2016 | 1,237 | 258 |
| 2017 | 1,358 | 233 |
| 2018 | 1,587 | 190 |
| 2019 | 1,747 | 162 |
| 2020 | 2,025 | 131 |
| 2021 | 2,581 | 108 |
| 2022 | 2,758 | 98 |
| 2023 | 2,561 | 106 |
| 2024 | 3,253 | 69 |
| 2025 | 3,149 | 77 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 181 | 270 |
| 2012 | 257 | 194 |
| 2013 | 304 | 172 |
| 2014 | 333 | 165 |
| 2015 | 390 | 143 |
| 2016 | 449 | 128 |
| 2017 | 517 | 106 |
| 2018 | 556 | 95 |
| 2019 | 631 | 84 |
| 2020 | 744 | 70 |
| 2021 | 793 | 67 |
| 2022 | 921 | 51 |
| 2023 | 817 | 54 |
| 2024 | 922 | 47 |
| 2025 | 980 | 42 |

## People named Ayla

- Ayla Kell, actress, dancer

## 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.