Maila — #3471 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Maila

The Social Security Administration has registered 716 babies named Maila between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maila currently holds the #3471 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 70 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maila performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 259 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Maila shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 94 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Hawaii and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Maila in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maila 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 716 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.