Aila

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Aila is a female given name found in several different languages, 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.

From Wikipedia

Aila first appears in the data in 1997 and has been recorded in 18 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2015 with 86 babies (rank #500 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Aila

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Aila yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

5Destiny numberThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
11Soul urgeThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
3PersonalityThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

537

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1997	4	#3,187
1999	6	#2,449
2001	5	#2,793
2002	4	#3,423
2003	3	#4,408
2004	5	#3,212
2005	12	#1,798
2006	10	#2,140
2007	17	#1,504
2008	32	#972
2009	22	#1,326
2010	37	#931
2011	47	#791
2012	62	#663
2013	56	#712
2014	61	#652
2015	86	#500
2016	68	#622