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Why parents love Aila- The meaning oak tree/holy carries dual strength.
- Four letters with a gentle, open sound: AY-lah.
- The Finnish-Scottish bridge is genuinely unique.
- Ai is a soft, warm embedded beginning.
- The oak outlives every other tree in any forest.
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The vibe of Aila
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Origin & history of Aila
Finnish Aila (variant of Helga/holy) or Scottish (oak/strong)
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Finnish / Hebrew roots
Aila comes from Finnish (a variant of Helga meaning holy) or Scottish Gaelic (connected to oak or a strong place). It bridges Finnish and Scottish traditions through four letters of quiet strength.
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First recorded
Earliest known use: Finnish/Scottish traditions.
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Today
Aila remains a beloved choice, ranking #1052 in the US. 3,938 babies have been named Aila since 1920.
◈ Sources: Behind the Name, SSA data
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How popular is Aila?
2021
peak year
The name Aila reached its peak in 2021, with 378 registrations (ranked #752). The name has actually been around since 1920 — over a century — though it took until recently to find its widest audience. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #1052) today, averaging about 269 new babies per year. Aila has been trending upward in recent years. Across all years on record, approximately 3,938 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations
1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
378
Babies named in peak year
(ranked #752)
(ranked #752)
269
Avg. per year
(last decade)
(last decade)
2,690
Total registrations
last 10 years
last 10 years
3,938
All-time total
(since 1880)
(since 1880)
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Numerology of Aila5
Life path number
The Adventurer
Freedom, adventure and curiosity.
Aila's Life Path 7 is the seeker's number — oak-strength seeking. People named Aila tend to be strong, gentle, and gifted at outliving every other tree in any forest.
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Outlives every other tree✦
Finnish-holy◈
Scottish-oak◎
Quiet strength♡
Gentle-openA1
I9
L3
A1
Sum: 14 → Life path 5
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Personality of Aila🌍
Free spirit
Adventure calls and they always answer.
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Electric energy
Things happen around them — exciting, unexpected.
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Adaptable
New situations are opportunities, never threats.
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Natural charmer
There's something magnetic about them.
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