Baila
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 114 babies a year in the US.
Baila by the numbers
Baila was given to 114 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 124 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Baila
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 Baila. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- BaylaGod is my oath; a form of Bella or Bailey41 in the US (2017)
- Bailybailiff, steward; a form of Bailey16 in the US (2017)
- Baiabay5 in the US (2017)
- Beilahouse of god; variant of Beulah or Leila5 in the US (2017)
- Baela4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Bellabeautiful; a diminutive of Isabella4,616 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Baila
Names that are said the same way as Baila, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Baylea6 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Baila
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