Kyla
A girls’ name of Scottish Gaelic origin, meaning narrow strait; form of Kyle.
How Kyla has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #358 |
| 2016 | #367 |
| 2017 | #387 |
| 2018 | #437 |
| 2019 | #464 |
| 2020 | #491 |
| 2021 | #498 |
| 2022 | #557 |
| 2023 | #565 |
| 2024 | #548 |
| 2025 | #580 |
Kyla by the numbers
In 2025, 47 babies in England and Wales were named Kyla. In the US, 802 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 2,038 babies in 2004, making it a 2000s name.
At its height, in 2005, about 1 in 1,100 American girls born that year was called Kyla.
Other names that come from Kyle
Like Kyla, each of these traces back to Kyle: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Kylenarrow strait or channel1,869 in the US (2017)
- Kylennarrow strait or channel; respelling of Kyle226 in the US (2017)
- Kaylenarrow strait or channel; a modern respelling of Kyle43 in the US (2017)
- Kyleenanarrow strait; a form of Kylie or Kyle14 in the US (2017)
- Kyliahnarrow strait; a form of Kylie or Kyle14 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kyla. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Kyla
Names that are said the same way as Kyla, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Kyla
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