girls:
1.7k births since 1912
#4073 (29th percentile)
overall:
1.7k births since 1912
#6060 (22nd percentile)
The name Eila is the #6,060 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,690 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 21.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 21.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,073 (28.7% percentile) for all time with 1,690 births since 1912.
Eila first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (first recorded for girls in 1912). Birth data for Eila is available in 50 out of the 112 years between 1912 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Eila reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 16.1% percentile (ranked #789) with 88 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 88 births per million (ranked 16.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2002, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Eila ranks #806 for girls (14.9% percentile) with 83 births per million, which is 94.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Eila".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Eila. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 51.4% confident that Eila is pronounced as AI-luh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AY-luh, at 48.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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