Ayla — #69 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Ayla

The Social Security Administration has registered 34,866 babies named Ayla between 1963 and 2024, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ayla currently holds the #69 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 3,236 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ayla performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 13,158 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Ayla shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 4,304 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Ayla in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ayla in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 34,866 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.