Aaila
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AY-la
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,509 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Aaila is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
Where does Aaila come from?
Used mainly in Muslim families; root uncertain
Is Aaila a girl's or a boy's name?
Aaila is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aaila in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,509among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Aaila, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,526th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 31 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Aaila than any year since 2012.
Half of all the girls named Aaila in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,360 girls in the UK were given Aaila or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #37, up from #2,509 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Aaila in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2023 | 23 | #1,451 |
| 2022 | 18 | #1,730 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2020 | 21 | #1,526 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 2018 | 31 | #1,180 |
| 2017 | 20 | #1,647 |
| 2016 | 17 | #1,853 |
| 2015 | 26 | #1,353 |
| 2014 | 24 | #1,418 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,874 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
How popular is Aaila in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Aaila, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 2009.
Half of all the girls named Aaila in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 4,089 girls in the US were given Aaila or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #70, up from #10,913 for this spelling alone.
Aaila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
Names like Aaila
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Ayra Abeeha Hafsa Aiza Rahma Hiba Ayah Irha Zainab Safaa Amira
Other spellings of Aaila
Ayla Aila Aylah Aiyla Ajla Eila Aela Ailah Aayla Aylla Aiylah Eilah
Names related to Aaila
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aaila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aaila, updated 20 October 2026.