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Aylah

Girl · AY-la · Turkish

Aylah is a girls' name of Turkish origin, meaning “halo of moonlight”. In 2025 it ranked 865th for girls in the UK (44 babies) and 1,309th for girls in the US (170 babies).

What does Aylah mean?

Turkish: spelling of Ayla

“halo of moonlight”

Say it
AY-la

Is Aylah a girl's or a boy's name?

Aylah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 44 girls in the UK and 170 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Aylah in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#865among girls
Babies in 2025
44about 1 in 6,300 girls
Five-year trend
Steadymuch the same
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 44 girls in the UK were named Aylah, making it the 865th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 720th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 56 girls.

Half of all the girls named Aylah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,360 girls in the UK were given Aylah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #37, up from #865 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 922nd in England and Wales and 474th in Scotland.

1998Busiest: 56 in 20202025
Aylah in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202544#865
202445#873
202343#892
202253#751
202139#967
202056#720
201940#960
201836#1,050
201727#1,326
201623#1,498
201526#1,353
201417#1,810
201317#1,798
20129#2,887
20114#4,980
20104#4,931
20094#4,795
20083#5,772
20070–
20063#5,259
20055#3,543
20041#6,173
20030–
20020–
20010–
20000–
19990–
19981#5,152

How popular is Aylah in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,309among girls
Babies in 2025
170about 1 in 9,500 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 38% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 170 girls in the US were named Aylah, making it the 1,309th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,455th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 213 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.

2025 had fewer girls named Aylah than any year since 2020.

Half of all the girls named Aylah in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 4,089 girls in the US were given Aylah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #70, up from #1,309 for this spelling alone.

1988Busiest: 213 in 20212025
Aylah in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025170#1,309
2024173#1,326
2023186#1,244
2022183#1,292
2021213#1,148
2020148#1,455
2019108#1,864
2018126#1,663
201790#2,129
201699#1,996
201585#2,209
201477#2,371
201395#2,032
201298#1,983
201177#2,395
201065#2,726
200960#2,891
200848#3,419
200746#3,530
200656#3,016
200522#5,595
20047#12,754
200321#5,581
200216#6,692
200112#8,189
20006#13,147
19990–
19989#9,254
19978#9,797
19960–
19950–
19940–
19936#11,773
19925#13,308
19917#10,263
19905#12,952
19890–
19885#11,792

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