Kayla

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Kayla is a recently created English feminine given name combining the name elements Kay and -la. Its use has been influenced by similar-sounding names such as Kaylee.

From Wikipedia

Kayla first appears in the data in 1985 and has been recorded in 32 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1990 with 387 babies (rank #24 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Kayla

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Kayla yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

6,363
Total babies (all years)
32
Years in the data
387
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1985170#68
1986137#84
1987118#87
198844#101
1989209#59
1990387#24
1991358#29
1992307#36
1993309#33
1994337#29
1995317#33
1996304#36
1997276#38
1998262#38
1999264#41
2000230#50
2001258#37
2002245#42
2003211#48
2004214#43
2005207#50
2006143#39
2007113#64
2008110#66
2009110#61
2010110#59
201179#95
201289#83
201410#172
201584#131
2016348#75
20173#479