Aylah

Aylah was the #1,309 girls' name in the US in 2025 (170 babies), and #922 in England & Wales and #1,429 in Canada.

Aylah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Aylah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandIrelandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Aylah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,309 (170)#922 (38)#474 (6)—#608 (5)#1,429 (17)
2024#1,326 (173)#902 (40)#541 (5)—#898 (3)#1,949 (11)
2023#1,244 (186)#941 (37)#482 (6)—#495 (7)#1,491 (15)
2022#1,292 (183)#785 (46)#625 (4)#418 (3)#747 (4)#1,482 (15)
2021#1,148 (213)#957 (36)#792 (3)——#1,454 (16)
2020#1,455 (148)#771 (47)#370 (9)——#1,877 (11)
2019#1,864 (108)#1,063 (32)#765 (3)#298 (5)#716 (4)#1,533 (15)
2018#1,663 (126)#1,083 (32)#680 (4)——#2,344 (8)
2017#2,129 (90)#1,371 (24)#808 (3)——#1,784 (12)
2016#1,996 (99)#1,525 (21)———#3,294 (5)
2015#2,209 (85)#1,452 (22)#653 (4)——#2,011 (10)
2014#2,371 (77)#1,882 (15)———#2,185 (9)
2013#2,032 (95)#2,176 (12)#564 (5)——#1,792 (12)
2012#1,983 (98)#3,285 (7)———#2,338 (8)
2011#2,395 (77)#4,764 (4)———#2,348 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #1,148.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1988.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,400 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 9,400uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 6,700uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Aylah is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 10,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 9,200 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Aylah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,061MINew York: #1,235NYMassachusetts: #873MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #743OHPennsylvania: #1,108PANew Jersey: #1,168NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #948CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #909AZNew Mexico: #249NMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,533GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,460TXFlorida: #1,436FL
Aylah (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,4107

Aylah (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AylahCanadaGirls#1,42917
AylahEngland & WalesGirls#92238
AylahIrelandGirls#6085
AylahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AylahScotlandGirls#4746
AylahUSGirls#1,309170