Given name

Vaela

Vaela is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Vaela 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 2019. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Vaela through the years

Babies since 1880
86
0 boys · 86 girls
Most popular year
2025
38 babies
2025
38
#3,898 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+100%
Rising fast
01020302025Highest share 202524
Vaela in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2019–2025, 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.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 38 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,898 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.

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

Similar names

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

Modern

Zenayla

14Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

Modern

Hamna

19Very rareRising

>99% girls

Modern

Jiyana

26RareRising fast

>99% girls

Modern

Dally

Dally is a surname.

26RareRising

>99% girls

Modern

Madiha

“one who is praiseworthy”

27RareRising

>99% girls

Modern

Jamylah

21RareSteady

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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

A brother for Vaela

A sister for Vaela