Spellings

Iyla or Eila?

In the US in 2025, 69% of babies in this name family were spelled Iyla and 14% Eila. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.

Ten years ago

Iyla already led in 2015, with 48% of the family's births; it has 69% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 237 to 829 births (×4).

Births by spelling, 2015 and 2025
Spelling20152025Change
Iyla113572×5
Eila85113+33%
Iylah1390×7
Ilah2654×2

How they sound

  • Iyla /ˈaɪlə/ (EYE-luh)
  • Eila /ˈaɪlə/ (EYE-luh)
  • Iylah /aɪˈlɑ/ (eye-LAH)
  • Ilah /ɪˈlɑ/ (ih-LAH)

In France

In France in 2025: Eila 5 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.

Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.

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