girl's name
Maila
- Origin Finnish
- Gender Girl
- Letters 5
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 1,446
Maila is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 42 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
- Maila is a name of Finnish origin.
- Peaked in 2022, when 70 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 78,939 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1974.
Maila over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 10 |
| 1980s | 18 |
| 1990s | 60 |
| 2000s | 131 |
| 2010s | 238 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 302 |
How popular is Maila?
In 2025, Maila was given to 42 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Maila is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
How Maila is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Maïla | Maïla is Maila written with a diaeresis in France, and the spelling parents there overwhelmingly choose: it ranks #1,889 in France, against #6,657 for Maila. | 320 |
Names that peaked alongside Maila
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Maila also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Maila over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Maila in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Maila
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Maila — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Maila
How popular is the name Maila?
In 2025, Maila was given to 42 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Is Maila a girl's or a boy's name?
Maila is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Maila most popular?
Maila peaked in 2022, when 70 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Maila a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Maila currently ranks #1,889 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.