Vaila
Vaila is an island in Shetland, Scotland, lying south of the Westland peninsula of the Shetland Mainland. It has an area of 327 hectares, and is 95 metres (312 ft) at its highest point.
Meaning & Origin of Vaila
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Vaila is an island in Shetland, Scotland, lying south of the Westland peninsula of the Shetland Mainland. It has an area of 327 hectares, and is 95 metres (312 ft) at its highest point.
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Origin & history
The Story of Vaila
The earliest SSA record of Vaila as a baby girl name dates back to 2012, when 5 babies received it. 2022 was its biggest year on record, with 12 newborns named Vaila — #8,535 in the national rankings. About 66% of every Vaila on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Vaila last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 10 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 59 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
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About the name Vaila
Vaila is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2012 and has accumulated 59 births in the dataset. Vaila's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #8,535. Use the chart and map above to compare Vaila'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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