Arayla

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Arayla by the numbers

Arayla was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 9 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Arayla

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 Arayla. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Araya49 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alayla115 in the US (2017)
  • Aayla9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Anayla25 in the US (2017)
  • Azayla25 in the US (2017)
  • Arayna23 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Arayla

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

  • Aryellalion of god; a form of Ariel24 in the US (2017)
  • Arellaaltar; lion of god8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Arelaaltar or lion of God; related to Ariel4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Arliaheagle lake; a form of Arlie or Arlene4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Arlia14 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Arlya3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Arayla

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