Mayla Girl
How popular is Mayla?
#1,758 girl name in 2025
115 baby girls were named Mayla in the US in 2025, making it the 1758th most popular girl name.
Mayla popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,758 for girls (▼ 15 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 115 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+44% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,318 in 2015, #1,965 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (116 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,743 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1956 |
| 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 |
Mayla counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Mayla family of names ranked #1,017 for girls in 2025 (#1,057 the year before), with 197 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Mayla | 115 | 58% |
| Maila | 42 | 21% |
| Maylah | 31 | 16% |
| Mailah | 9 | 5% |
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 Mayla is most popular
Babies named Mayla per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- South Dakota: 0.4 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.2 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (41 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (45 girls)
Mayla by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 17 | #4,836 |
| 1960s | 12 | #5,890 |
| 1970s | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1980s | 22 | #8,177 |
| 1990s | 77 | #5,655 |
| 2000s | 264 | #3,528 |
| 2010s | 703 | #2,026 |
| 2020s | 603 | #1,743 |
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Questions
- Is Mayla a boy or girl name?
- Mayla is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Mayla were girls.
- How popular is the name Mayla?
- 115 baby girls were named Mayla in the US in 2025, making it the 1758th most popular girl name.
- When was Mayla most popular?
- Mayla peaked in 2024, when 116 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,743 in 2024.
- How many people are named Mayla?
- 1,703 babies have been named Mayla in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,689 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Mayla most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Mayla was most common in South Dakota, at 0.4 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.