Khayla

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Khayla by the numbers

Khayla was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 59 babies in 2000, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Khayla

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 Khayla. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Khawlacurved or bent7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Khayato awaken; zulu origin6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Khayragoodness or blessing3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kayla2,108 in the US (2017)
  • Khyla25 in the US (2017)
  • Khaila5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Khayla

Names that are said the same way as Khayla, 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)
  • Kailahstylish; a variant of kayla42 in the US (2017)
  • Kalatime; black; dark22 in the US (2017)
  • Kahleathe sea; form of Kalea10 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Khayla

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