Iylah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EYE-la
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,512 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,076 for girls
Iylah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,512th for girls in the UK (21 babies) and 2,076th for girls in the US (90 babies).
Where does Iylah come from?
Modern: spelling of Iyla
Is Iylah a girl's or a boy's name?
Iylah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the UK and 90 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Iylah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,512among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the UK were named Iylah, making it the 1,512th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 925th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 59 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Iylah than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Iylah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,427 girls in the UK were given Iylah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #5, up from #1,512 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,454th in England and Wales.
Iylah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #1,512 |
| 2024 | 25 | #1,356 |
| 2023 | 37 | #1,004 |
| 2022 | 34 | #1,066 |
| 2021 | 31 | #1,162 |
| 2020 | 41 | #925 |
| 2019 | 42 | #926 |
| 2018 | 40 | #978 |
| 2017 | 59 | #746 |
| 2016 | 37 | #1,037 |
| 2015 | 28 | #1,276 |
| 2014 | 26 | #1,336 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 19 | #1,681 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
How popular is Iylah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,076among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 90about 1 in 18,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 90 girls in the US were named Iylah, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,216th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 91 girls. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the girls named Iylah in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,752 girls in the US were given Iylah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #27, up from #2,076 for this spelling alone.
Iylah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 90 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 74 | #2,434 |
| 2023 | 75 | #2,397 |
| 2022 | 91 | #2,103 |
| 2021 | 74 | #2,416 |
| 2020 | 81 | #2,216 |
| 2019 | 69 | #2,538 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,356 |
| 2017 | 28 | #4,809 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
Names like Iylah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah Safa Izzah Ayah Zainab Hafsa Ruqayyah Safaa Zairah Rahma Abeeha Aaliyah
Other spellings of Iylah
Names related to Iylah
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, “Iylah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/iylah, updated 20 October 2026.