How popular is the name Kaila?

Kaila ranks 1,072nd among girls' names in US records, with 15,734 births since 1964. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,441.

Is Kaila a unisex name?

No. Kaila is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1991, when 743 children were given the name. It has been in use for 61 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Caila, Kahila. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#1,072 of girl names

Pronounced K AA1 IY1 L AH0 (ARPABET)

Kaila is a girls' name, and first appears in 1964. It has been given to 15,734 children — the 1,072nd most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 51% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1991, when 743 children were given it.

Two other spellings are counted in that total — Caila and Kahila — because they are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Kaila and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Kaila?: Kaila ranks 1,072nd among girls' names in US records, with 15,734 births since 1964. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,441.
Is Kaila a unisex name?: No. Kaila is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Kaila most popular?: 1991, when 743 children were given the name. It has been in use for 61 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Kaila spelled?: Caila, Kahila. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.