Rayla Girl
How popular is Rayla?
#1,561 girl name in 2025
135 baby girls were named Rayla in the US in 2025, making it the 1561st most popular girl name.
Rayla popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,561 for girls (▲ 218 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 135 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+275% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,068 in 2015, #1,908 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (135 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,561 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1955 |
| 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 |
Rayla counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Rayla family of names ranked #1,200 for girls in 2025 (#1,324 the year before), with 150 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Rayla | 135 | 90% |
| Raylah | 15 | 10% |
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 Rayla is most popular
Babies named Rayla per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Rayla by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 14 | #4,068 |
| 1960s | 35 | #4,010 |
| 1970s | 32 | #7,982 |
| 1980s | 72 | #6,455 |
| 1990s | 121 | #5,359 |
| 2000s | 217 | #4,264 |
| 2010s | 393 | #2,400 |
| 2020s | 706 | #1,561 |
Girl names about as popular as Rayla
Questions
- Is Rayla a boy or girl name?
- Rayla is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Rayla were girls.
- How popular is the name Rayla?
- 135 baby girls were named Rayla in the US in 2025, making it the 1561st most popular girl name.
- When was Rayla most popular?
- Rayla peaked in 2025, when 135 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,561 in 2025.
- How many people are named Rayla?
- 1,590 babies have been named Rayla in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,573 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Rayla most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Rayla was most common in Utah, 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.