Mayla — #1764 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Mayla

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,585 babies named Mayla between 1956 and 2024, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mayla currently holds the #1764 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 114 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mayla performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 702 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Mayla shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 140 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Mayla in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mayla 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 1,585 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.