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Girl's name · #827 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave
Aila is near its high-water mark: it reached #752 in 2021 and still ranked #827 in 2025. About 4,300 girls have carried it since 1920.
In recent years, Aila ran about 10× its national rate in Hawaii—where it ranked #54 in 2025.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 29 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
See how Aila ranks in other countries and regions.
#49 in Finland (other-lang.) (2025) · #158 in Scotland (2025) · #335 in N. Ireland (2025) · #365 in Sweden (2025) · #425 in Norway (2025) · #573 in England & Wales (2025) · #579 in Switzerland (2025) · #801 in Netherlands (2025) · #1,030 in Austria (2025) · #1,228 in Ecuador (2025) · #1,824 in France (2025) · #774 in Canada (2024).
Among 57 notable people named Aila:
Political leaders appear 3.19× more often than among typical names — e.g. Aila Paloniemi, Finnish politician.
Together with its spelling variant Aiyla (#2458), Aila would rank around #703 with about 400 births last year — the newborns split about 82/18 between Aila and Aiyla.
Similar names: Aiyla · Saoirse · Aylah · Zayla · Finnley · Ayleen
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