Aayla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AY-la
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,516 for girls
Aayla is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 3,516th for girls in the US (43 babies).
What does Aayla mean?
Spelling of Ayla
Ayla is a Turkish name for the halo of light around the moon.
Is Aayla a girl's or a boy's name?
Aayla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 43 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aayla in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,856th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Aayla, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 19 girls.
Half of all the girls named Aayla in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,360 girls in the UK were given Aayla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #37, up from #2,856 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Aayla in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 14 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 2 | #7,494 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
How popular is Aayla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,516th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 43 about 1 in 37,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 43 girls in the US were named Aayla, making it the 3,516th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,890th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 75 girls. It first appears in the records in 2005.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Aayla than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Aayla in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 4,089 girls in the US were given Aayla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #70, up from #3,516 for this spelling alone.
Aayla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #3,516 |
| 2024 | 57 | #2,889 |
| 2023 | 73 | #2,442 |
| 2022 | 75 | #2,425 |
| 2021 | 74 | #2,416 |
| 2020 | 56 | #2,890 |
| 2019 | 33 | #4,259 |
| 2018 | 43 | #3,558 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,995 |
| 2016 | 36 | #4,082 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 41 | #3,717 |
| 2013 | 42 | #3,643 |
| 2012 | 45 | #3,522 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,061 |
| 2010 | 36 | #4,106 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 28 | #5,140 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,810 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
Names like Aayla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Abeeha, Ayra, Hiba, Rahma, Ayah, Zainab, Aiza, Aaliyah, Amira, Safaa
Other spellings of Aayla
Ayla, Aila, Aylah, Aiyla, Ajla, Eila, Aaila, Aela, Ailah, Aylla, Aiylah, Eilah
Names related to Aayla
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, “Aayla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aayla, updated 20 October 2026.