Baila
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BAY-la
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #1,467 for girls
Baila is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,467th for girls in the US (146 babies).
What does Baila mean?
French: Yiddish name Beyle, probably from Old French belle
Used mainly in Orthodox Jewish families; in Spanish, baila also means 'dance!'.
Is Baila a girl's or a boy's name?
Baila is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 146 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Baila in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 5 girls.
Baila in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
How popular is Baila in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,467th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 146 about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 146 girls in the US were named Baila, making it the 1,467th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,571st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 157 girls. It first appears in the records in 1955.
Half of all the girls named Baila in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 197 girls in the US were given Baila or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,068, up from #1,467 for this spelling alone.
- Baila 146
- Bayla 51
Baila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 146 | #1,467 |
| 2024 | 157 | #1,420 |
| 2023 | 145 | #1,493 |
| 2022 | 132 | #1,601 |
| 2021 | 146 | #1,469 |
| 2020 | 134 | #1,571 |
| 2019 | 134 | #1,585 |
| 2018 | 137 | #1,577 |
| 2017 | 120 | #1,752 |
| 2016 | 118 | #1,757 |
| 2015 | 124 | #1,704 |
| 2014 | 92 | #2,096 |
| 2013 | 108 | #1,866 |
| 2012 | 102 | #1,929 |
| 2011 | 86 | #2,190 |
| 2010 | 98 | #2,028 |
| 2009 | 108 | #1,934 |
| 2008 | 89 | #2,218 |
| 2007 | 84 | #2,293 |
| 2006 | 67 | #2,669 |
| 2005 | 75 | #2,356 |
| 2004 | 72 | #2,367 |
| 2003 | 78 | #2,200 |
| 2002 | 78 | #2,139 |
| 2001 | 60 | #2,536 |
| 2000 | 50 | #2,850 |
| 1999 | 56 | #2,524 |
| 1998 | 56 | #2,458 |
| 1997 | 43 | #2,817 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,301 |
| 1995 | 37 | #3,082 |
| 1994 | 30 | #3,610 |
| 1993 | 34 | #3,285 |
| 1992 | 40 | #2,915 |
| 1991 | 28 | #3,716 |
| 1990 | 31 | #3,431 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 1988 | 25 | #3,685 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,854 |
| 1986 | 30 | #3,052 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,475 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,166 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 22 | #3,609 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,212 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,375 |
Names like Baila
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Hiba, Zainab, Ayla, Amira, Khadija, Rahma, Ayah, Huda, Ayra, Aaliyah
Other spellings of Baila
Names related to Baila
Bailey, Bailee, Bali, Bailie, Baillie, Bailea, Baela, Baily, Bailei
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle
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, “Baila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/baila, updated 20 October 2026.