Aleila
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- uh-LAY-luh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Aleila is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
Where does Aleila come from?
Modern: variant of Leila with an added A-
Is Aleila a girl's or a boy's name?
Aleila is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aleila in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Aleila, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
2025 had more girls named Aleila than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Aleila in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aleila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
Names like Aleila
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ailany, Kehlani, Kaylani, Amoura, Malani, Ailana, Alani, Xyla, Naylani, Kailani, Meilani, Ahlani
Names related to Aleila
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, “Aleila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aleila, updated 20 October 2026.