Ayla

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ayla: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning or origin yet — what that means.

Pronunciation

Community-contributed pronunciation recording

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VerifiedSource: Wikidata.Confidence: medium.

Ayla: Recorded every year since 1991, it reached #39 in 2021, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

7registrars recorded it
137times a registrar ranked it
35years from first to last
#39highest recorded position
20groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#753
1997	#770
1998	#846
1999	#794
2000	#804
2001	#796
2002	#643
2003	#742
2004	#607
2005	#615
2006	#456
2007	#419
2008	#329
2009	#384
2010	#305
2011	#270
2012	#194
2013	#172
2014	#165
2015	#143
2016	#128
2017	#106
2018	#95
2019	#84
2020	#70
2021	#67
2022	#51
2023	#54
2024	#47
2025	#42

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in every year from 1991 to 2025.

In 2025: #39 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #42 among girls in England and Wales, #43 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, #114 among girls in Norway.

Official data from 7 national registrars across 7 regions, 1991–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1991
First recorded at #539 among girls in Norway in 1991 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded2013–2025
Highest recorded position: #39 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 2022 (recorded 2013–2025).
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #42 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Ayla appears in 6 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 35 years beginning in 1991, and has registered 516 births with the name.

Ayla across 6 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Ayla's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#539 (1991)	#114 (2025)	#114 (2025)	35 of 35	516 (1991–2025)	50 (2025)
England and Wales · Girls	#753 (1996)	#42 (2025)	#42 (2025)	30 of 30	9,731 (1996–2025)	980 (2025)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#392 (1999)	#39 (2025)	#39 (2025)	25 of 27	781 (1999–2025)	112 (2025)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#413 (2007)	#75 (2021)	#75 (2024)	17 of 18	222 (2007–2024)	29 (2021)
New Zealand · Girls	#97 (2008)	#39 (2021)	#73 (2023)	16 of 16	1,043 (2008–2023)	90 (2021)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#92 (2013)	#39 (2022)	#43 (2025)	13 of 13	1,483 (2013–2025)	163 (2021)

Ayla by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ayla in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	50	9 of 10	6
2000s	118	10 of 10	12
2010s	145	10 of 10	15
2020sbusiest	203	6 of 10	34

Across Norway · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 34 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Ayla appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 7 regions, from 1991 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #39 in Scotland in 2024.

Ayla's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2025	England and Wales	female	#42	980	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	female	#47	922	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#54	817	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#51	921	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#67	793	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#70	744	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#84	631	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#95	556	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#106	517	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#128	449	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#143	390	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#165	333	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#172	304	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#194	257	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#270	181	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#305	155	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#384	110	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#329	136	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#419	98	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#456	85	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#615	51	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#607	50	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#742	37	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#643	42	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#796	30	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#804	28	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#794	28	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#846	26	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#770	30	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#753	30	High	Verified
2025	New South Wales, Australia	female	#43	146	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	New South Wales, Australia	female	#41	147	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New South Wales, Australia	female	#52	128	Insufficient	Not yet available
2022	New South Wales, Australia	female	#39	160	Insufficient	Not yet available
2021	New South Wales, Australia	female	#46	163	Insufficient	Not yet available
2020	New South Wales, Australia	female	#56	123	Insufficient	Not yet available
2019	New South Wales, Australia	female	#64	105	Insufficient	Not yet available
2018	New South Wales, Australia	female	#59	113	Insufficient	Not yet available
2017	New South Wales, Australia	female	#83	87	Insufficient	Not yet available
2016	New South Wales, Australia	female	#87	81	Insufficient	Not yet available
2015	New South Wales, Australia	female	#83	89	Insufficient	Not yet available
2014	New South Wales, Australia	female	#97	69	Insufficient	Not yet available
2013	New South Wales, Australia	female	#92	72	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New Zealand	female	#73	53	High	Verified
2022	New Zealand	female	#51	72	High	Verified
2021	New Zealand	female	#39	90	High	Verified
2020	New Zealand	female	#51	71	High	Verified
2019	New Zealand	female	#47	82	High	Verified
2018	New Zealand	female	#61	63	High	Verified
2017	New Zealand	female	#41	85	High	Verified
2016	New Zealand	female	#52	73	High	Verified
2015	New Zealand	female	#49	78	High	Verified
2014	New Zealand	female	#53	66	High	Verified
2013	New Zealand	female	#68	54	High	Verified
2012	New Zealand	female	#74	59	High	Verified
2011	New Zealand	female	#76	54	High	Verified
2010	New Zealand	female	#77	54	High	Verified
2009	New Zealand	female	#100	44	High	Verified
2008	New Zealand	female	#97	45	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#75	27	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#126	16	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#103	21	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#75	29	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#103	20	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#107	20	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#151	14	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#239	7	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#137	16	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#144	16	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#278	6	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#234	8	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#229	8	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#363	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#366	4	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#419	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#413	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#114	50	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#135	39	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#149	34	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#145	34	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#186	22	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#195	24	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#209	23	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#273	16	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#313	14	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#284	17	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#453	7	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#238	23	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#396	10	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#386	10	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#373	11	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#334	14	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#382	11	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#462	7	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#351	12	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#362	11	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#278	17	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#296	15	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#270	16	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#368	10	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#436	7	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#325	12	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#455	7	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#602	4	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#416	8	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#560	5	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#613	4	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#614	4	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#522	6	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#538	6	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#539	6	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#39	112	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#54	100	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#60	94	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#65	82	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#83	68	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#111	46	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#117	47	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#255	18	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#172	30	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#208	23	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#264	19	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#291	17	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#220	25	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#280	18	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	9	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	15	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	8	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#307	14	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#394	9	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	6	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#413	5	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#392	5	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#39	90	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

Where Ayla is officially recorded

7 official registrars have recorded Ayla, between 1991 and 2025. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Norway	1991–2025	35	#114 in 2025
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#42 in 2025
Republic of Ireland	1999–2025	25	#39 in 2025
Northern Ireland	2007–2024	17	#75 in 2021
New Zealand	2008–2023	16	#39 in 2021
New South Wales, Australia	2013–2025	13	#39 in 2022
Scotland	2024	1	#39 in 2024

What the record shows

Recorded by 7 registrars between 1991 and 2025, ranked in 35 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #39, first reached in 2021.

It held a top-100 place in 18 years, 18 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 980 births, registered in England and Wales in 2025.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 33 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Ayhan · #1153, 18y
Ayisha · #587, 30y
Ayla-Grace · #3117, 10y
Ayla-Mae · #1556, 13y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 7 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Eliana · #38, 30y
Luka · #37, 32y
Savannah · #37, 34y
Luna · #30, 34y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Mathea · #39, 34y
Eilidh · #38, 30y
Eliana · #38, 30y
Jasper · #38, 30y

Ayla was ranked #39 in New South Wales, Australia · Girls in 2022. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Florence#35
Luna#36
Billie#37
Remi#38
Daisy#40
Emilia#40
Layla#40
Lucy#43

Ayla and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ayla without appearing here.

Ayla moved ahead of

Arabella
In 2006 they stood at #576 and #576 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #307 and #842.
Tracey
In 2006 they stood at #576 and #576 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #307 and #842.
Anita
In 2005 they stood at #615 and #609 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #456 and #958.
Paula
In 2001 they stood at #796 and #765 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #643 and #1066.

Moved ahead of Ayla

Evie
In 2002 they stood at #392 and #528 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2003 that had become #655 and #362.
Isla
In 2008 they stood at #307 and #404 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #488 and #219.
Hedvig
In 1993 they stood at #522 and #529 in Norway · Girls; by 1994 that had become #614 and #358.
Willow
In 1997 they stood at #770 and #983 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #846 and #597.

Moved the opposite way to Ayla

Camilla
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Ayla went from #539 to #114 while Camilla went from #4 to #279.
Hanne
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Ayla went from #539 to #114 while Hanne went from #19 to #318.
Heidi
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Ayla went from #539 to #114 while Heidi went from #46 to #437.
Hilde
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Ayla went from #539 to #114 while Hilde went from #56 to #506.

Moved the same way as Ayla

Amanda
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Ayla went from #539 to #114 and Amanda from #104 to #52.
Åse
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Ayla went from #539 to #114 and Åse from #218 to #93.
Ellinor
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Ayla went from #539 to #114 and Ellinor from #433 to #7.
Else
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Ayla went from #539 to #114 and Else from #357 to #191.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 7 regions, from 1991 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #39 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ayla

Pronunciation

Ayla at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ayla across 6 official records

Ayla by decade in Norway · Girls

Ayla appears in

Popularity data

Where Ayla is officially recorded

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Ayla

Ayla and the names beside it

Ayla moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ayla

Moved the opposite way to Ayla

Moved the same way as Ayla

Ayla at a glance

Ayla across 6 official records

Ayla by decade in Norway · Girls

Ayla appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Ayla

Ayla and the names beside it

Ayla moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ayla

Moved the opposite way to Ayla

Moved the same way as Ayla