Kayla
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology.
Babies a year
2,108
the US, 2017
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#364
down from #336
UK popularity
#386
110 babies · down from #332
How Kayla has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #115 |
| 2016 | #129 |
| 2017 | #138 |
| 2018 | #149 |
| 2019 | #182 |
| 2020 | #217 |
| 2021 | #255 |
| 2022 | #279 |
| 2023 | #324 |
| 2024 | #336 |
| 2025 | #364 |
In 2025, 110 babies in England and Wales were named Kayla. In the US, 2,108 were, though that figure is from 2017 — the most recent full year we hold. Its US peak was 18,542 in 1991.
Looking further back: between 1880 and 2008, Kayla was most common in 1990, when it went to 0.85% of American babies of that sex.
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