Maila
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MY-lah
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,576 for girls
Maila is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 3,576th for girls in the US (42 babies).
Where does Maila come from?
Finnish name, and also a modern variant of Mila or Maya
Is Maila a girl's or a boy's name?
Maila is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 42 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maila in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Maila, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Maila in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Maila in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
How popular is Maila in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,576th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 42 about 1 in 38,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 42 girls in the US were named Maila, making it the 3,576th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,498th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 70 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Maila than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Maila in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 85 girls in the US were given Maila or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,892, up from #3,576 for this spelling alone.
Maila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #3,576 |
| 2024 | 45 | #3,459 |
| 2023 | 50 | #3,225 |
| 2022 | 70 | #2,530 |
| 2021 | 52 | #3,112 |
| 2020 | 43 | #3,498 |
| 2019 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,043 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 28 | #4,955 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
Names like Maila
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Ayra, Hafsa, Ayla, Hiba, Mirha, Layla, Amira, Zainab, Aiza, Rahma, Khadija
Other spellings of Maila
Names related to Maila
Mila, Mali, Malia, Maliha, Maliyah, Mayla, Meila, Milla, Maliah, Milah, Maliya, Maleia
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, “Maila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maila, updated 20 October 2026.