Eila Girl
How popular is Eila?
#1,777 girl name in 2025
113 baby girls were named Eila in the US in 2025, making it the 1777th most popular girl name.
Eila popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,777 for girls (▲ 165 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 113 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+33% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,209 in 2015, #1,398 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2020 (156 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,398 in 2020 |
| First recorded | 1912 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Eila counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Eila family of names ranked #1,035 for girls in 2025 (#1,156 the year before), with 192 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Eila | 113 | 59% |
| Eyla | 45 | 23% |
| Eilah | 18 | 9% |
| Eylah | 16 | 8% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Eila is most popular
Babies named Eila per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Kentucky: 0.2 per 1,000 (15 girls)
- Michigan: 0.1 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- Colorado: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 girls)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (21 girls)
Eila by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 53 | #2,433 |
| 1920s | 126 | #2,048 |
| 1930s | 45 | #2,829 |
| 1940s | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1950s | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1980s | 5 | #12,356 |
| 2000s | 136 | #4,268 |
| 2010s | 751 | #1,976 |
| 2020s | 779 | #1,398 |
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Questions
- Is Eila a boy or girl name?
- Eila is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Eila were girls.
- How popular is the name Eila?
- 113 baby girls were named Eila in the US in 2025, making it the 1777th most popular girl name.
- When was Eila most popular?
- Eila peaked in 2020, when 156 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,398 in 2020.
- How many people are named Eila?
- 1,906 babies have been named Eila in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,690 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
- Where is Eila most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Eila was most common in Kentucky, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.