Girls' name · since 1929
Iyla
4,045 babies named Iyla in U.S. Social Security records since 1929, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,963 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #526 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,045
- born since 1929
- 2020s
- peak decade
4,045 babies have been named Iyla since 1929, making it today's #526 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Iyla has been recorded 4,045 times among girls since 1929, currently ranked #526 nationally and more common than 97% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1929 to 2025.
- #2,963 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #526 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,045 born since 1929
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Iyla ranks #2,963 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #526 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,045 born since 1929, peaking in the 2020s.
- #2,963 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #526 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,045
- born since 1929
- 2020s
- peak decade
Iyla's 4,045 recorded births place it above 95.9% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
40 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Iyla compares
4,045 Top 15% higher than 85% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Iyla's all-time total is 11x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Iyla | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,045 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 572 | 21 | 19,840 |
Iyla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Iyla's full recorded timeline at 2012, 93% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 7% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1929, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 572 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Iyla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1929–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 572
- Annual births at peak, across 97 years of records
Iyla by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (2,666 births, 66% of the file).
2020s was Iyla's strongest decade.
2,666 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Iyla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s 158
2000s
158 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,209 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,666 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 2,666 births (66% of all-time use).
How Iyla compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Iyla's total volume
Iyla by state
Where Iyla concentrates geographically, total births since 1929
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 422 | 10.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 241 | 6.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 190 | 4.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 179 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 165 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 149 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 138 | 3.4% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 128 | 3.2% |
422 of 4,045 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 40 reporting states.
Iyla appears in 40 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Iyla's data
- California records the most Iylas (422 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Iyla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~96 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1929–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Iyla draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.