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Aiyla

Feminine · “moonlight”

2006high 2022
#2458 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare72 girls in 2025

Aiyla respells Ayla, which is Turkish for moonlight and Hebrew for an oak — two real words at one sound.

How old is the name Aiyla?

Aiyla first appears in US birth records in 2006 — 19 years ago. The typical Aiyla is a kid of about 5 — this name's wave is very recent. About 800 people named Aiyla are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Aiyla most popular?

Aiyla peaked in 2022, reaching #2034 nationally. Today it ranks #2458, 424 places below that high. See the whole 2022 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Aiyla

Turkish ayla names the ring of light around the moon. Hebrew ayla names an oak and separately a doe — the Valley of Elah where David fought Goliath is named for the tree. Both traditions use the name, and Aiyla is a modern English respelling in current American use.

Meaningscholars disagree

moonlight; oak

Two genuine sources. The Turkish ayla, 'halo' or 'moonlight', from ay, 'moon'. And the Hebrew ayla, an oak or a doe. Both are ordinary vocabulary in their languages. The Aiyla spelling is modern and does not distinguish them.

How the name formed

  1. ayla
  2. Aiyla

Related forms: Ayla · אילה · Ayla

Pronouncing Aiyla

AY-luh

Two syllables, stress on the first. Turkish Ayla gives both vowels a fuller value.

Nicknames for Aiyla

Moderate

AiThe front sound alone, and a name in its own right in Japanese
LaylaA near relation by sound, and a name of its own with a large record
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 2006–202595480957220062025

US babies named Aiyla per year from 2006 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#20342000s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
2006
Most girls named
202295 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#2034reached in 2022
Change vs 2024
−6.5%72 in 2025, from 77
Aiyla sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2022, with 95 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Aiyla in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Ayla in Turkish — related form
  • אילה in Hebrew — related form
  • Ayla in English — spelling variant

Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.

Aiylas among us

800

people named Aiyla are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 22,323 born in 2025 was named Aiyla

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Aiyla

#2458
Aiyla on the 2025 chart
#67
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Aiyla went to 72 girls in 2025, but Ayla, Aila and Aylah and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 11 spellings went to 3,867, which makes it the 67th most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,391 places above the chart.

and 4 rarer spellings.

About 1 girl in 416 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 22,323 for Aiyla itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Sela test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Aiyla's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Sela climbed just as high around 2000, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Sela's path sketches the road Aiyla is walking now.

40%chance Aiyla will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Aiyla, aligned on its peakSela· peak 2000not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+20 yrsSela · #5152Aiyla today
Aiyla today is about where Sela stood in 2003 — 3 years past a #2034-sized peak. By 2018, Sela had settled around #4507.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Aiyla sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Aiyla is headed

20062030

US babies named Aiyla per year, 2006 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Aiyla should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady+4% by 2030projected around #2,504 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Aiyla beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Aiyla in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Aiylathis name72#2458Edna72#2458Samia72#2458Jesse72#2458Roxy72#2458

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • Both source words — moonlight and oak — are concrete and attractive.
  • The Valley of Elah connection is a genuinely good detail.
  • Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
What to consider
  • Ayla is the standard spelling in both traditions.
  • At least five spellings of the sound are in circulation.
  • It will be respelled by other people constantly.

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Frequently asked

How many Aiylas are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Aiyla are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Aiyla?
Aiyla is one of 7 recorded spellings. Ayla is the more common one — 3,149 births in 2025 against 72 for Aiyla.
How popular is the name Aiyla in 2025?
Aiyla ranks #2458 among US girl names in 2025, with 72 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Aiyla?
About 1 in every 22,323 US girls born in 2025 was named Aiyla — 72 in all.
Will my child share the name Aiyla with classmates?
Aiyla will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Aiyla

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