How popular is the name Kayla?

Kayla ranks 111th among girls' names in US records, with 369,007 births since 1933. Over the past decade it accounts for 19,990.

Is Kayla a unisex name?

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

1991, when 19,186 children were given the name. It has been in use for 92 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Cayla, Kaleah, Kayle, Kailah, Caleah, Kaelah, Kaylla, Cayle, Cailah. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#111 of girl names

Pronounced K EY1 L AA1 (ARPABET)

Kayla is a girls' name, and first appears in 1933. It has been given to 369,007 children — the 111th most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 68% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1991, when 19,186 children were given it.

Nine other spellings are counted in that total — Cayla, Kaleah, Kayle and six more — because they are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Kayla 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 Kayla?: Kayla ranks 111th among girls' names in US records, with 369,007 births since 1933. Over the past decade it accounts for 19,990.
Is Kayla a unisex name?: No. Kayla is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Kayla most popular?: 1991, when 19,186 children were given the name. It has been in use for 92 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Kayla spelled?: Cayla, Kaleah, Kayle, Kailah, Caleah, Kaelah, Kaylla, Cayle, Cailah. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.