Alayla

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 115 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
115
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Alayla by the numbers

Alayla was given to 115 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Alayla

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Alayla. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Alaynafair, bright; a form of Alana1,373 in the US (2017)
  • Alaya188 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aayla9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Anayla25 in the US (2017)
  • Azayla25 in the US (2017)
  • Alaylah22 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Alayla

Names that are said the same way as Alayla, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Alilahexalted; a form of Aliyah9 in the US (2017)
  • Alaila21 in the US (2017)
  • Alyla4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alylah4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aleyla10 in the US (2017)
  • Alailah8 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Alayla

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