Mahayla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-HAY-luh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Mahayla is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
Where does Mahayla come from?
Modern: modern variant of Makayla or Mahala
Is Mahayla a girl's or a boy's name?
Mahayla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mahayla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Mahayla, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 57 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Mahayla in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mahayla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,087 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,236 |
| 2017 | 35 | #4,146 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 36 | #4,101 |
| 2013 | 35 | #4,154 |
| 2012 | 39 | #3,914 |
| 2011 | 32 | #4,465 |
| 2010 | 57 | #2,975 |
| 2009 | 46 | #3,511 |
| 2008 | 44 | #3,644 |
| 2007 | 46 | #3,530 |
| 2006 | 48 | #3,367 |
| 2005 | 41 | #3,583 |
| 2004 | 35 | #3,985 |
| 2003 | 28 | #4,531 |
| 2002 | 33 | #3,885 |
| 2001 | 36 | #3,627 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,522 |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,571 |
| 1998 | 24 | #4,489 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
Nicknames for Mahayla
- Kayla 133 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Mahayla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah, Safa, Aaliyah, Kaliyah, Zahara, Zayla, Jaliyah, Zamira, Hadassah, Amira, Zaira, Zaliyah
Names related to Mahayla
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Mahayla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mahayla, updated 20 October 2026.