Kaylah Girl
How popular is Kaylah?
#3,831 girl name in 2025
38 baby girls were named Kaylah in the US in 2025, making it the 3831st most popular girl name.
Kaylah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #3,831 for girls (▲ 207 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 38 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-71% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,655 in 2015, #2,597 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1999 (311 girls) |
| Highest rank | #725 in 1999 |
| First recorded | 1964 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kaylah 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 Kaylah is most popular
Babies named Kaylah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Virginia: 0.1 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (40 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (18 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (12 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Kaylah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1980s | 237 | #1,868 |
| 1990s | 1,750 | #725 |
| 2000s | 2,835 | #785 |
| 2010s | 1,407 | #1,035 |
| 2020s | 285 | #2,597 |
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Questions
- Is Kaylah a boy or girl name?
- Kaylah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kaylah were girls.
- How popular is the name Kaylah?
- 38 baby girls were named Kaylah in the US in 2025, making it the 3831st most popular girl name.
- When was Kaylah most popular?
- Kaylah peaked in 1999, when 311 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #725 in 1999.
- How many people are named Kaylah?
- 6,519 babies have been named Kaylah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,449 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 22.
- Where is Kaylah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kaylah was most common in Virginia, at 0.1 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.