Kayla Girl
How popular is Kayla?
#364 girl name in 2025
838 baby girls were named Kayla in the US in 2025, making it the 364th most popular girl name.
Kayla popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #364 for girls (▼ 28 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 838 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-69% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #115 in 2015, #215 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1991 (18,545 girls) |
| Highest rank | #11 in 1995 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1933 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.6% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kayla counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kayla family of names ranked #315 for girls in 2025 (#287 the year before), with 1,036 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kayla | 838 | 81% |
| Kaila | 88 | 8% |
| Kaylah | 38 | 4% |
| Cayla | 30 | 3% |
| Kailah | 23 | 2% |
| Caila | 14 | 1% |
| Cailah | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kayla is most popular
Babies named Kayla per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 2.1 per 1,000 (24 girls)
- New Jersey: 1.7 per 1,000 (308 girls)
- Maryland: 1.4 per 1,000 (152 girls)
- District of Columbia: 1.3 per 1,000 (16 girls)
- New York: 1.3 per 1,000 (510 girls)
Kayla by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 35 | #2,920 |
| 1940s | 161 | #1,707 |
| 1950s | 700 | #981 |
| 1960s | 1,488 | #728 |
| 1970s | 1,942 | #670 |
| 1980s | 55,291 | #20 |
| 1990s | 155,893 | #11 |
| 2000s | 94,356 | #13 |
| 2010s | 30,289 | #49 |
| 2020s | 6,415 | #215 |
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Questions
- Is Kayla a boy or girl name?
- Kayla is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kayla were girls.
- How popular is the name Kayla?
- 838 baby girls were named Kayla in the US in 2025, making it the 364th most popular girl name.
- When was Kayla most popular?
- Kayla peaked in 1991, when 18,545 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #11, held for 2 years starting in 1995.
- How many people are named Kayla?
- 347,144 babies have been named Kayla in the US since 1880. We estimate about 341,604 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 30.
- Where is Kayla most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kayla was most common in Hawaii, at 2.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.