Mayla
Feminine
Mayla joins the May- front to the -la ending, and it is also a Hebrew name — Meila — and an Arabic word for one who inclines toward something.
How old is the name Mayla?
Mayla first appears in US birth records in 1956 — 69 years ago. The typical Mayla is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,700 people named Mayla are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Mayla most popular?
Mayla peaked in 2024, reaching #1743 nationally. Today it ranks #1758, 15 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Mayla
Our story of Mayla is a story of a sound several languages nearly own. American naming had May- fronts and -la backs in wide circulation by the 2000s; Hebrew has Meila; Arabic has a word about inclining toward something, which is not a bad thing for a name to mean. Mayla appears in the American registers in the 2010s with all of those behind it and none documented as the source. Saying so is more useful than choosing one at random.
Meaningscholars disagree
Not established
Several routes. As an American compound of May and the -la ending. As the Hebrew Meila, a name in modern Israeli use. Or from the Arabic mayla, 'one who inclines' or 'leans toward', from a root about bending. None is documented as the source of the American name.
Pronouncing Mayla
MAY-lah
Two syllables, stress on the first. Some bearers say MY-lah, and both are in use.
Nicknames for Mayla
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1956
- Most girls named
- 2024116 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1743reached in 2024
- Change vs 2024
- −0.9%115 in 2025, from 116
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.
Mayla in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Maila in English — spelling variant
- Meila in Hebrew — related form
- Mayla in English — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Florida, Texas.
Maylas among us
people named Mayla are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 13,976 born in 2025 was named Mayla
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Mayla
- #1758
- Mayla on the 2025 chart
- #763
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Mayla went to 115 girls in 2025, but Maila, Maylah and Mailah are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 197, which makes it the 763rd most-given girls’ name of the year — 995 places above the chart.
- Mayla115
- Maila42
- Maylah31
- Mailah9
About 1 girl in 8,159 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 13,976 for Mayla 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
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Syriana test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Mayla's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Syriana climbed just as high around 2006, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Syriana's path sketches the road Mayla is walking now.
Mayla 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 Mayla is headed
Mayla should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
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.
Mayla beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Mayla in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- May is available as a short form with a long and real record.
- Two clean syllables with no real pronunciation risk.
- It is distinctive without being difficult to say.
- The origin is genuinely unsettled between several routes.
- The first vowel splits between two readings.
- Kayla and Layla are close enough to cause confusion.
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Frequently asked
- How many Maylas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,700 people named Mayla are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Mayla?
- Mayla is the most-used spelling in US records — 115 of the 197 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Maila, Maylah and Mailah.
- How popular is the name Mayla in 2025?
- Mayla ranks #1758 among US girl names in 2025, with 115 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Mayla?
- About 1 in every 13,976 US girls born in 2025 was named Mayla — 115 in all.
- Will my child share the name Mayla with classmates?
- Mayla will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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