Rahila

Girls' name

Ewe, through رَاحِيل

Rahila has been given to 8 babies in the U.S. since 1987. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1987, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Rahila, 1987

1 in 451,000

Rahila over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Rahila: meaning, origin, and history

Ewe, through رَاحِيل

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Rahila means

Rahila belongs to the name family reached through Rahila → رَاحِيل → רָחֵל. Its meaning is “ewe”.

Origin, language, and formation

Rahila is used in Hausa.

Rahila comes through Arabic رَاحِيل.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Rachel, رَاحِيل and רָחֵל.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hausa, Rahila is pronounced /ɽà.híː.láː/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 8 girls were recorded with the name Rahila between 1987 and 1987. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1987; its best national rank was #8,533 in 1987.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Rahila?

Rahila had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1987, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1987: 1 in 451,000; 8 of 3,605,072 births
Among girls only: 1 in 217,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1987: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 312,357 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Rahila sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1987 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 312,357 children born in 1987 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rahila. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Rahilas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Rahila was born before 1987 — so the typical Rahila is around 38 today.

Median birth year: 1987; About 38 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 8; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (8).

Is Rahila rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1987 (8)
Years since peak: 38; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #8,533; 1987

Spellings of Rahila

Rahila is not the most common spelling — Camila is, with 43.3% against Rahila's <0.01%.

Camila43.3%123,854
Laila15.2%43,484
Kamila7.0%20,098
Kaila5.1%14,556
Raina4.4%12,453
Jamila2.9%8,322
Dalila2.1%6,042
Aila1.5%4,268

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Rahila around the world

Where Rahila ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1996–2005
#4,798
in 2005
France
1986–2023
#6,195
in 2023

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Rahila by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #8,533; 1987
Peak year: 1987; 8 that year
First recorded: 1987
Last recorded: 1987
All-time count: 8
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Rahila

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Elaila Rahlee Dahila Raheem Rahela Rahkia Rahjae Samila Almila Rahmat Rahmya Rahama Rahanna Rahmani Asila Rahsaan Rahja Raheel Rahab Rahasia Rahat Rahna Rahmiya Rahlynn

Sibling names for Rahila

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Shantell Janay Ashely Kassie Anthony Kyle Cody Domonique

For a brother

Derik Derrell Darell Whitney Shea Elizabeth Kelsey Garrick

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