first name
AYLA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 20,202 people named Ayla, 66.9% reported their origin as White, 13.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 9% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Ayla peaked in 2024, when 3,253 babies got the name.
At least 38,040 babies have been given the name since 1963. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Ayla by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #248. The largest share of babies named Ayla, 67.7%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Ayla is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ayla has been most common in Alaska (3×), Nevada (2.4×), and Oregon (2.2×), and least common in Mississippi (0.43×).
36,464 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Ayla
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ayla, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Ayla ranks #96,572 of 156,621, with 202 people. See Ayla as a last name
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