Given name & surname

Daila

Daila is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Daila isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Daila through the years

Babies since 1880
793
0 boys · 793 girls
Most popular year
2022
91 babies
2025
54
#3,038 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+138%
Rising fast
020406020002025Highest share 202234
Daila in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1997–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

Where it’s given

Most at home inAlabama, New York, California
FewerMore, relative to births Not published
2025 births by state of birth. Tiles are equal-sized so small states stay visible. Highest rates: Alabama (5), New York (8), California (11), Texas (6).

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 54 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,038 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 137.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (11). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 457 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Daila’s family of names

In Greek usage, Daila as a surname is a transliteration of Δαϊλά.

Walk Daila’s family in the name graph

DailaDaylaDailahΔαϊλάDaile

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 3

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Daila

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Daila, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Vaela

29RareRising fast

>99% girls

Modern

Dally

Dally is a surname.

26RareRising

>99% girls

Modern

Ailen

38RareRising fast

1% boys · 99% girls

Modern

Jamylah

21RareSteady

>99% girls

Modern

Rosabella

“resembling the beautiful rose”

33RareEasing

>99% girls

Modern

Darleth

22RareRising fast

>99% girls

Modern

Kamila

“a ceremonial attendant; a noble virgin”

63FamiliarSteady

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Daila’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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