Aila
- #827 for girls in 2025, 329 births
- Peak · girls
- 2021 · 378 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,268since 1920
Aila over time
Rank among girls' names. Aila has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it. Not on the chart: 6 girls in 1920 (see the data table).
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #827 | 329 |
| 2024 | #793 | 355 |
| 2023 | #770 | 365 |
| 2022 | #796 | 355 |
| 2021 | #752 | 378 |
| 2020 | #900 | 293 |
| 2019 | #968 | 270 |
| 2018 | #1,155 | 210 |
| 2017 | #1,360 | 170 |
| 2016 | #1,480 | 155 |
| 2015 | #1,550 | 142 |
| 2014 | #1,634 | 131 |
| 2013 | #1,900 | 105 |
| 2012 | #1,445 | 158 |
| 2011 | #1,671 | 126 |
| 2010 | #1,860 | 109 |
| 2009 | #2,227 | 88 |
| 2008 | #1,913 | 110 |
| 2007 | #2,418 | 78 |
| 2006 | #2,631 | 68 |
| 2005 | #3,646 | 40 |
| 2004 | #3,490 | 42 |
| 2003 | #4,536 | 28 |
| 2002 | #5,444 | 21 |
| 2001 | #4,834 | 24 |
| 2000 | #5,491 | 20 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 |
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| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 |
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| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 |
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| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 |
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| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Aila! It came in at #4,398, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1921–1983, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Aila is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Hawaii#54 · 1 in 195
- New Mexico#296 · 1 in 935
- Nevada#433 · 1 in 1,534
- Massachusetts#444 · 1 in 2,003
- Utah#539 · 1 in 2,440
Best ever in a state: #48 in Hawaii, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #54 | 11 | 1 in 195 |
| New Mexico | #296 | 5 | 1 in 935 |
| Nevada | #433 | 6 | 1 in 1,534 |
| Massachusetts | #444 | 12 | 1 in 2,003 |
| Utah | #539 | 7 | 1 in 2,440 |
| California | #616 | 51 | 1 in 3,171 |
| Washington | #617 | 10 | 1 in 2,886 |
| Colorado | #634 | 8 | 1 in 2,916 |
| Minnesota | #659 | 7 | 1 in 3,068 |
| Michigan | #690 | 11 | 1 in 3,248 |
| Georgia | #710 | 14 | 1 in 3,229 |
| New Jersey | #718 | 10 | 1 in 3,550 |
| North Carolina | #729 | 13 | 1 in 3,576 |
| New York | #731 | 22 | 1 in 3,560 |
| South Carolina | #773 | 5 | 1 in 3,658 |
| Illinois | #797 | 11 | 1 in 4,030 |
| Florida | #864 | 18 | 1 in 4,820 |
| Arizona | #909 | 6 | 1 in 4,703 |
| Tennessee | #983 | 6 | 1 in 5,346 |
| Texas | #1,006 | 28 | 1 in 5,734 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,108 | 7 | 1 in 6,670 |
| Ohio | #1,134 | 7 | 1 in 6,753 |
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See more about Aila
- 34 spots since 2024 (#793 → #827)
- 73 spots since 2020 (#900 → #827)
- Biggest jump: 187 spots in 2019
- Biggest drop: 44 spots in 2022
- Debuted 1920
- Peaked 2021 at #752 (378 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 2019–2025
- Highest: 1 in 4,341 girls born in 2021 were named Aila (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,885 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 48.6% of all girls named Aila (2,075) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 6 | #4,398 (1920) | #4,398 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 31 | #7,353 (1987) | #8,378 |
| 1990s | 61 | #6,719 (1998) | #9,724 |
| 2000s | 519 | #1,913 (2008) | #3,663 |
| 2010s | 1,576 | #968 (2019) | #1,502 |
| 2020s | 2,075 | #752 (2021) | #806 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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