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Kayla

Girls' name · Millennial-era

Living in the US
~341,800 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#364 among girls
Births in 2025
838 347,144 since 1880
Typical age
29 years, median

Kayla popularity over time

Kayla rank by birth year, 1933–2025Kayla ranked #3,753 in 1933 and #364 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #11, in 1995.#10#100#1,000#364best #11 in 199519401960198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1933–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Kayla was used most in 1991, when 18,580 babies were given the name. The name does not appear in the data until 1933. Across the record, 30 years put Kayla in the top 100.

In 2025 it ranked #364 with 838 births. Compared with 2015, births are down 69%. It slipped 28 places against the previous year.

Babies named Kayla per yearPeaks at 18,580 births in 1991.18,580 in 1991019401960198020002020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Kayla?

An estimated 341,800 living Americans are called Kayla. That is out of 347,144 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Kayla?

Half of living Kaylas are older than 29, half younger. Most living bearers were born in the 1990s. By the site’s era rules that makes Kayla a millennial-era name.

Your Kayla

Ages of living people named KaylaHalf of living Kaylas are older than 29 and half younger.median 29020406080
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Kayla is most common

The name is concentrated in Hawaii, at 3.0× the national rate. New Jersey, New York and Delaware follow.

Where Kayla is used more than average5 states use the name Kayla more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: 2.0× the national rateNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: 2.6× the national rateNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: 1.9× the national rateMDDelaware: 2.0× the national rateDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: 3.0× the national rateHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Kayla is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Hawaii 77 3.0×
New Jersey 821 2.6×
New York 1,466 2.0×
Delaware 46 2.0×
Maryland 372 1.9×

Kayla in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Kayla ranked #386 in 2025 on 110 births. That is 30% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Kayla comes from

A modern invention possibly based on Kay or Michaela; possibly formed on the pattern of Layla.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Kayla

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Kayla Ewell American actress 1985 33
Kayla Harrison American Olympic judoka and mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter 1990 31
Kayla Barron American astronaut 1987 31
Kayla Day American female tennis player 1999 21
Kayla Mueller American aid worker and ISIS captive 1988–2015 19
Kayla Sanchez Filipino-Canadian swimmer 2001 18
Kayla Banwarth American volleyball player and coach 1989 16
Kayla McBride American basketball player 1992 15
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The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 317 in 1981 to 2,275 in 1982 — 7.2 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Kayla

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

Same feel, less common

The same matches, limited to names given at most half as often as Kayla was in 2025.

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