Aila
Aila is a female given name found in several different languages, pronounced as "ay-luh" or "eye-luh" depending on origin. It is the Finnish equivalent of Helga or Olga, meaning "holy, blessed". In Scottish Gaelic, it means "from the strong place". It is also a variant spelling of the Turkish name Ayla and the Hebrew name Eilah. In Arabic and in Urdu, Aila means noble.
- Finnish
Meaning & Origin of Aila
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Aila is a female given name found in several different languages, pronounced as "ay-luh" or "eye-luh" depending on origin. It is the Finnish equivalent of Helga or Olga, meaning "holy, blessed". In Scottish Gaelic, it means "from the strong place". It is also a variant spelling of the Turkish name Ayla and the Hebrew name Eilah. In Arabic and in Urdu, Aila means noble.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Finnish
The Story of Aila
Aila first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1920, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2021: 378 births, good for #752 nationwide. About 53% of every Aila on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Aila ranks #753 for baby girls with 374 births, rising sharply (+38% over the past five years). All told, over 5K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Aila
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About the name Aila
Aila is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1920 and has accumulated 5K births in the dataset. Aila's peak popularity came in 2021 when it ranked #752. Use the chart and map above to compare Aila's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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