Alaila
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LAI-la
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Alaila is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
Where does Alaila come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps Layla with A- added
Is Alaila a girl's or a boy's name?
Alaila is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alaila in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Alaila, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,675th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 40 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
2025 had fewer girls named Alaila than any year since 2010.
Half of all the girls named Alaila in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alaila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 25 | #5,123 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 35 | #4,087 |
| 2020 | 40 | #3,675 |
| 2019 | 36 | #4,005 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 27 | #5,023 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | 32 | #4,484 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,145 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 30 | #4,880 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,706 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,382 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
Names like Alaila
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amoura Kaylani Ailany Amira Malani Alani Kehlani Zayla Alaya Kaliyah Zaniyah Kailani
Names related to Alaila
More Modern names
Jayden Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn Ailani
Sources
Figures from 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, “Alaila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alaila, updated 20 October 2026.