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Girl's name · #77 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave
Ayla reached its best rank, #69, in 2024 and ranked #77 in 2025. About 38,000 girls have carried it since 1963.
US use of Ayla jumped in the mid-1980s, following the 1980 publication of Jean M. Auel’s The Clan of the Cave Bear, whose heroine is named Ayla. Another sharp rise came in 2006, when US births increased from 417 to 1,233—the year singer Ayla Brown appeared on American Idol.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 49 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#34 in Finland (other-lang.) (2025) · #37 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #37 in New Zealand (2025) · #38 in Switzerland (2025) · #39 in Ireland (2025) · #41 in Scotland (2025) · #42 in England & Wales (2025) · #43 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #47 in Netherlands (2025) · #47 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #52 in Sweden (2025) · #64 in Belgium (2025) and 8 more.
Among 85 notable people named Ayla:
Entertainers appear 1.82× more often than among typical names — e.g. Ayla Erduran, Turkish violinist (1934–2025).
Similar names: Zuri · Hailey · Lyla · Amina · Amira · Myla
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