Ayla
#77 for girls in 2025, 3,149 births
- Peak · girls
- 2024 · 3,253 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 3 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 38,040since 1963
Ayla over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #77 | 3,149 |
| 2024 | #69 | 3,253 |
| 2023 | #106 | 2,561 |
| 2022 | #98 | 2,758 |
| 2021 | #108 | 2,581 |
| 2020 | #131 | 2,025 |
| 2019 | #162 | 1,747 |
| 2018 | #190 | 1,587 |
| 2017 | #233 | 1,358 |
| 2016 | #258 | 1,237 |
| 2015 | #265 | 1,205 |
| 2014 | #277 | 1,188 |
| 2013 | #289 | 1,110 |
| 2012 | #250 | 1,295 |
| 2011 | #347 | 925 |
| 2010 | #351 | 914 |
| 2009 | #396 | 793 |
| 2008 | #406 | 796 |
| 2007 | #381 | 864 |
| 2006 | #265 | 1,233 |
| 2005 | #664 | 417 |
| 2004 | #714 | 372 |
| 2003 | #794 | 312 |
| 2002 | #790 | 297 |
| 2001 | #785 | 301 |
| 2000 | #874 | 252 |
| 1999 | #871 | 247 |
| 1998 | #911 | 231 |
| 1997 | #982 | 199 |
| 1996 | #847 | 235 |
| 1995 | #816 | 241 |
| 1994 | #819 | 246 |
| 1993 | #808 | 248 |
| 1992 | #782 | 261 |
| 1991 | #736 | 282 |
| 1990 | #817 | 241 |
| 1989 | #838 | 225 |
| 1988 | #709 | 267 |
| 1987 | #594 | 329 |
| 1986 | #1,380 | 93 |
| 1985 | #2,222 | 46 |
| 1984 | #2,340 | 41 |
| 1983 | #2,433 | 38 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 |
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| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Ayla! It came in at #5,891, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1964–1980, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Ayla is popular in 2017
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alaska#43 · 1 in 173
- Vermont#92 · 1 in 222
- Oregon#97 · 1 in 426
- Massachusetts#103 · 1 in 458
- Rhode Island#112 · 1 in 355
Best ever in a state: #18 in Hawaii, 2021.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | #43 | 13 | 1 in 173 |
| Vermont | #92 | 5 | 1 in 222 |
| Oregon | #97 | 34 | 1 in 426 |
| Massachusetts | #103 | 55 | 1 in 458 |
| Rhode Island | #112 | 8 | 1 in 355 |
| Colorado | #116 | 45 | 1 in 503 |
| Wisconsin | #138 | 39 | 1 in 579 |
| Montana | #142 | 7 | 1 in 392 |
| Nebraska | #147 | 14 | 1 in 561 |
| Washington | #160 | 45 | 1 in 690 |
| Iowa | #163 | 20 | 1 in 623 |
| Hawaii | #169 | 6 | 1 in 486 |
| Minnesota | #170 | 34 | 1 in 704 |
| New Mexico | #173 | 10 | 1 in 581 |
| Michigan | #174 | 53 | 1 in 779 |
| Maine | #187 | 6 | 1 in 572 |
| New York | #193 | 92 | 1 in 956 |
| New Hampshire | #206 | 5 | 1 in 699 |
| Nevada | #208 | 13 | 1 in 834 |
| Idaho | #211 | 9 | 1 in 702 |
| Kansas | #220 | 14 | 1 in 857 |
| California | #222 | 168 | 1 in 1,165 |
| Ohio | #222 | 54 | 1 in 959 |
| District of Columbia | #237 | 5 | 1 in 694 |
| Tennessee | #237 | 31 | 1 in 987 |
| West Virginia | #240 | 7 | 1 in 838 |
| Virginia | #242 | 34 | 1 in 1,060 |
| Florida | #247 | 74 | 1 in 1,162 |
| Connecticut | #250 | 12 | 1 in 981 |
| Pennsylvania | #250 | 49 | 1 in 1,044 |
| North Carolina | #256 | 40 | 1 in 1,135 |
| New Jersey | #276 | 29 | 1 in 1,240 |
| Indiana | #282 | 25 | 1 in 1,204 |
| Illinois | #287 | 43 | 1 in 1,292 |
| Maryland | #293 | 20 | 1 in 1,164 |
| Alabama | #296 | 16 | 1 in 1,198 |
| Missouri | #296 | 21 | 1 in 1,237 |
| Arizona | #316 | 23 | 1 in 1,307 |
| Georgia | #325 | 34 | 1 in 1,386 |
| Utah | #353 | 12 | 1 in 1,421 |
| South Carolina | #358 | 12 | 1 in 1,480 |
| Kentucky | #389 | 11 | 1 in 1,626 |
| Louisiana | #424 | 12 | 1 in 1,657 |
| Texas | #472 | 69 | 1 in 2,317 |
| Mississippi | #477 | 6 | 1 in 1,820 |
| Oklahoma | #625 | 6 | 1 in 2,624 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Ayla
- 8 spots since 2024 (#69 → #77)
- 54 spots since 2020 (#131 → #77)
- 188 spots since 2015 (#265 → #77)
- Biggest jump: 786 spots in 1987 (#1,380 → #594)
- Biggest drop: 135 spots in 1997 (#847 → #982)
- Debuted 1963
- Peaked 2024 at #69 (3,253 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 3 yrs · run 2024–2025
- Top 1,000: 39 yrs · run 1987–2025
- Highest: 1 in 498 girls born in 2024 were named Ayla (0.20%)
- Latest: 1 in 510 girls born in 2025 (0.20%)
- 42.9% of all girls named Ayla (16,327) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6 | #5,891 (1963) | #5,891 |
| 1970s | 15 | #9,652 (1977) | #9,871 |
| 1980s | 1,058 | #594 (1987) | #2,759 |
| 1990s | 2,431 | #736 (1991) | #839 |
| 2000s | 5,637 | #265 (2006) | #607 |
| 2010s | 12,566 | #162 (2019) | #262 |
| 2020s | 16,327 | #69 (2024) | #98 |
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.
Ayla in 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 1,271 of them was named Ayla, which outranked 98.7% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.