Iyla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EYE-la
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #509 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #525 for girls
Iyla is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 509th for girls in the UK (86 babies) and 525th for girls in the US (572 babies).
Where does Iyla come from?
Modern: modern name, often linked to Ayla and Isla
Is Iyla a girl's or a boy's name?
Iyla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 86 girls in the UK and 572 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Iyla in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #509among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 86about 1 in 3,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 86 girls in the UK were named Iyla, making it the 509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 395th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 152 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Iyla than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Iyla in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,427 girls in the UK were given Iyla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #5, up from #509 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 483rd in England and Wales and 632nd in Scotland.
Iyla in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86 | #509 |
| 2024 | 116 | #411 |
| 2023 | 100 | #452 |
| 2022 | 112 | #422 |
| 2021 | 114 | #430 |
| 2020 | 124 | #395 |
| 2019 | 149 | #341 |
| 2018 | 152 | #338 |
| 2017 | 134 | #378 |
| 2016 | 148 | #356 |
| 2015 | 140 | #367 |
| 2014 | 147 | #341 |
| 2013 | 139 | #366 |
| 2012 | 123 | #418 |
| 2011 | 74 | #596 |
| 2010 | 47 | #831 |
| 2009 | 34 | #1,019 |
| 2008 | 22 | #1,390 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 11 | #2,119 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
How popular is Iyla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #525among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 572about 1 in 2,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 122% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 572 girls in the US were named Iyla, making it the 525th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 907th. It first appears in the records in 1929.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 12 years. 2025 had the most girls named Iyla of any year since it first appeared, in 1929.
Half of all the girls named Iyla in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,752 girls in the US were given Iyla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #27, up from #525 for this spelling alone.
Iyla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 572 | #525 |
| 2024 | 532 | #567 |
| 2023 | 496 | #601 |
| 2022 | 428 | #684 |
| 2021 | 349 | #805 |
| 2020 | 289 | #907 |
| 2019 | 244 | #1,050 |
| 2018 | 188 | #1,237 |
| 2017 | 130 | #1,655 |
| 2016 | 114 | #1,815 |
| 2015 | 113 | #1,831 |
| 2014 | 107 | #1,876 |
| 2013 | 80 | #2,305 |
| 2012 | 103 | #1,918 |
| 2011 | 75 | #2,433 |
| 2010 | 55 | #3,043 |
| 2009 | 58 | #2,965 |
| 2008 | 28 | #5,140 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
Names like Iyla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Rahma Ayra Hiba Abeeha Irha Zainab Aiza Huda Safaa Sama
Other spellings of Iyla
Names related to Iyla
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Iyla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/iyla, updated 20 October 2026.