Hayla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAY-luh
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Hayla is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
Where does Hayla come from?
Uncertain; perhaps a form of Hayley or of Haila
Is Hayla a girl's or a boy's name?
Hayla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hayla in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 200% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Hayla, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 4 girls.
In 2025, 27 girls in the UK were given Hayla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,110, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
- Halo 23
- Hayla 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Hayla in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
How popular is Hayla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 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, 12 girls in the US were named Hayla, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had more girls named Hayla than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Hayla in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 528 girls in the US were given Hayla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #564, up from #8,360 for this spelling alone.
Hayla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,230 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
Names like Hayla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Hiba, Huda, Zainab, Rahma, Ayah, Hawa, Halima, Aaliyah, Amira, Khadija
Other spellings of Hayla
Names related to Hayla
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, “Hayla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hayla, updated 20 October 2026.