Rayla is a modern American name that joins the light sound of Ray, usually read as "beam of light", with the ending -la familiar from Layla and Kayla. It became known to a new generation of parents through Rayla, the elf heroine of the animated series The Dragon Prince, which began in 2018. Rayla rose from number 7487 in 2000 to number 1569 among US girls' names in 2025, its best rank so far.