Iyla
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 82 babies a year in England and Wales.
How Iyla has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2020 | #910 |
| 2021 | #805 |
| 2022 | #679 |
| 2023 | #601 |
| 2024 | #565 |
| 2025 | #525 |
Iyla by the numbers
In 2025, 82 babies in England and Wales were named Iyla. In the US, 129 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
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 Iyla
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 Iyla. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Iyla
Names that are said the same way as Iyla, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Ilahthe deity; goddess24 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Iyla
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