Meila
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAY-la
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,779 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,779 for girls
Meila is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,779th for girls in the UK (17 babies) and 3,779th for girls in the US (39 babies).
Where does Meila come from?
Modern
Is Meila a girl's or a boy's name?
Meila is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the UK and 39 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Meila in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,779among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were named Meila, making it the 1,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,948th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 22 girls.
Half of all the girls named Meila in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 46 girls in the UK were given Meila or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #770, up from #1,779 for this spelling alone.
- Mayla 29
- Meila 17
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,719th in England and Wales.
Meila in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,779 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2023 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2022 | 18 | #1,730 |
| 2021 | 21 | #1,553 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 2018 | 22 | #1,524 |
| 2017 | 15 | #2,011 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
How popular is Meila in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,779among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 39about 1 in 41,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 39 girls in the US were named Meila, making it the 3,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,338th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 53 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
2025 had more girls named Meila than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Meila in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 194 girls in the US were given Meila or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,077, up from #3,779 for this spelling alone.
Meila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #3,779 |
| 2024 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2023 | 32 | #4,361 |
| 2022 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2021 | 32 | #4,322 |
| 2020 | 46 | #3,338 |
| 2019 | 49 | #3,221 |
| 2018 | 53 | #3,049 |
| 2017 | 30 | #4,574 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,996 |
| 2015 | 49 | #3,299 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,890 |
| 2013 | 33 | #4,334 |
| 2012 | 33 | #4,385 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
Names like Meila
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Noa Layla Ayra Safa Ayla Kehlani Myla Mirha Hafsa Mila Xyla Pippa
Other spellings of Meila
Names related to Meila
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn Ailani
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, “Meila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/meila, updated 20 October 2026.