Ilayda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ee-lye-DAH
- Origin
- Turkish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Ilayda is a girls' name of Turkish origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Ilayda mean?
Turkish: modern Turkish name
Turkish name dictionaries usually gloss it as 'water nymph', though its origin is unclear.
Is Ilayda a girl's or a boy's name?
Ilayda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ilayda in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Ilayda, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 29 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ilayda in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Ilayda in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2010 | 18 | #1,694 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,614 |
| 2006 | 24 | #1,188 |
| 2005 | 29 | #982 |
| 2004 | 20 | #1,238 |
| 2003 | 16 | #1,420 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,553 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,653 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Ilayda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Ilayda, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2000, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Ilayda in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ilayda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
Names like Ilayda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Aaliyah Hiba Hafsa Halima Amira Rahma Khadija Habiba Zainab Sumayyah Safiya
Names related to Ilayda
More Turkish names
Ayla Aylin Alara Ayda Orhan Ayzel Kaya Aydin Aslan Eren Evren Ayaz Ela Aylah Aleyna Deniz
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, “Ilayda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ilayda, updated 20 October 2026.