Rayla
Girl · RAY-la · Modern
Rayla is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 1,561st for girls in the US (135 babies).
What does Rayla mean?
Modern: modern coinage from Ray or Rae with the ending -la
Rayla is the elf heroine of the animated series The Dragon Prince (2018).
- Say it
- RAY-la
Is Rayla a girl's or a boy's name?
Rayla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 135 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rayla in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,856among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 250% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Rayla, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th.
2025 had the most girls named Rayla of any year since it first appeared, in 2019.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Rayla in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
How popular is Rayla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,561among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 135about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 65% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 135 girls in the US were named Rayla, making it the 1,561st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,908th. It first appears in the records in 1955.
2025 had the most girls named Rayla of any year since it first appeared, in 1955.
Half of all the girls named Rayla in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 150 girls in the US were given Rayla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,273, up from #1,561 for this spelling alone.
- Rayla 135
- Raylah 15
Rayla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 135 | #1,561 |
| 2024 | 113 | #1,779 |
| 2023 | 130 | #1,603 |
| 2022 | 107 | #1,885 |
| 2021 | 121 | #1,710 |
| 2020 | 100 | #1,908 |
| 2019 | 74 | #2,400 |
| 2018 | 55 | #2,961 |
| 2017 | 47 | #3,346 |
| 2016 | 44 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 36 | #4,068 |
| 2014 | 33 | #4,348 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,705 |
| 2011 | 28 | #4,913 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,535 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 34 | #4,264 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,683 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,010 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,068 |
Nicknames for Rayla
- Ray 69 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Rayla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Rayla
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