NameTides

Kayla

Kayla was the #364 girls' name in the US in 2025 (838 babies), and #386 in England & Wales and #152 in Canada.

Kayla as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Kayla as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandCanadaNorthern IrelandScotlandUSEngland & Wales
Kayla as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#364 (838)#386 (110)#226 (16)#231 (7)#130 (36)#152 (180)——
2024#336 (935)#332 (130)#171 (24)#253 (6)#109 (44)#159 (174)——
2023#324 (952)#353 (120)#210 (19)#209 (8)#111 (43)#161 (160)——
2022#279 (1,133)#382 (111)#186 (23)#243 (7)#105 (49)#145 (186)——
2021#254 (1,217)#365 (126)#114 (39)#237 (7)#103 (54)#157 (182)——
2020#215 (1,340)#296 (158)#170 (23)#149 (13)#103 (52)#114 (223)——
2019#182 (1,613)#329 (140)#140 (33)#119 (18)#89 (64)#114 (232)——
2018#149 (1,892)#323 (147)#89 (49)#126 (19)#79 (79)#110 (243)——
2017#138 (2,128)#284 (172)#115 (42)#143 (16)#70 (93)#115 (240)——
2016#129 (2,471)#263 (193)#81 (60)#97 (27)#70 (92)#106 (269)——
2015#115 (2,740)#243 (205)#68 (75)#99 (25)#68 (98)#102 (285)——
2014#101 (3,012)#189 (280)#62 (84)#63 (37)#46 (138)#95 (300)——
2013#96 (3,261)#169 (312)#45 (115)#75 (32)#45 (148)#83 (324)——
2012#69 (3,776)#135 (427)#32 (172)#73 (35)#33 (198)#64 (397)#83 (89)#88 (59)
2011#59 (4,336)#98 (604)#20 (234)#40 (65)#21 (306)#48 (461)#95 (79)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1991 at #12.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1933.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,900 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 590common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 830common

Next year

On its recent trend, Kayla is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,000 to 1 in 2,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kayla by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #518WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #541WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #459MNIllinois: #402ILMichigan: #457MINew York: #205NYMassachusetts: #215MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #508NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #565IAIndiana: #317INOhio: #347OHPennsylvania: #374PANew Jersey: #114NJConnecticut: #350CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #265CAUtah: #539UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #589MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #433VAMaryland: #176MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #446AZNew Mexico: #217NMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #603TNNorth Carolina: #601NCSouth Carolina: #519SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: #384MSAlabama: #574ALGeorgia: #581GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #397TXFlorida: #281FL
Kayla (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#8366
Ontario2024#26547

Kayla (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KaylaCanadaGirls#152180
KaylaCanadaBoys—too few
KaylaEngland & WalesGirls#386110
KaylaIrelandGirls#13036
KaylaNorthern IrelandGirls#2317
KaylaNSWGirls—too few
KaylaScotlandGirls#22616
KaylaUSGirls#364838
KaylaUSBoys—too few
KaylaVICGirls—too few