Mayla
Recorded 1956–2025 · United States
Mayla was most popular in 2024, when 116 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,215 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,217, with 115 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,703 people named Mayla.
Mayla over time
How old is the name Mayla?
Mayla first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1956, which makes it about 69 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 45 of the 70 years since.
How many people are named Mayla?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,703 American births named Mayla between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,686 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Mayla in 2025?
115 American babies were named Mayla in 2025, ranking #3,217 that year.
Is Mayla getting more or less popular?
Mayla is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 101 births a year, against 58 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +75% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Mayla a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Mayla is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,703 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Mayla?
Roughly 1,686 Americans named Mayla are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 9 years old, and half are between 5 and 16. That is a narrow band because Mayla is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Mayla is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org