Kaylah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 82 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
82
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3705
6 babies

Kaylah by the numbers

In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Kaylah. In the US, 82 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 311 babies in 1999, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Kaylah

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kaylah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kylahnarrow strait; a feminine form of Kyle182 in the US (2017)
  • Kailahstylish; a variant of kayla42 in the US (2017)
  • Kamylahperfect or complete; a form of Kamila15 in the US (2017)
  • Kayla2,108 in the US (2017)
  • Kayleah20 in the US (2017)
  • Kayah5 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Kaylah

Names that are said the same way as Kaylah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Callabeautiful; from the calla lily plant175 in the US (2017)
  • Kaleathe bright, cheerful one159 in the US (2017)
  • Kailastylish; a variant of Kayla133 in the US (2017)
  • Kalatime; black; dark22 in the US (2017)
  • Kahleathe sea; form of Kalea10 in the US (2017)
  • Calacastle or fortification8 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kaylah

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