Kayla
Kayla is ranked 336th among girls in 2024 (931 births). Its best rank was 11th, in 1995–1996.
- Rank in 2024
- #336down 12 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 9310.06% of girls
- Peak year
- 199118,545 births
- Best rank
- #11first in 1995
- Since 1933
- 345,723people given the name
The story in the numbers
345,723 girls have been named Kayla in the United States since 1933, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1991, with 18,545 births — 0.99% of all girls recorded that year.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago (rank 101 → 336).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1996, and the 1990s alone account for 45%. It has spent 65 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 30 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Kayla | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 35 | |
| 1940s | 161 | |
| 1950s | 700 | |
| 1960s | 1,488 | |
| 1970s | 1,943 | |
| 1980s | 55,295 | |
| 1990s | 155,892 | |
| 2000s | 94,356 | |
| 2010s | 30,283 | |
| 2020s | 5,570 |
In 1991, its biggest year
Kayla was the 12th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1991 were Ashley, Jessica, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha. See all of 1991.
Names that rose and fell with Kayla
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jordannpeak 1990
- Kaleepeak 1999
- Kaliepeak 1998
- Kelcipeak 1993
- Alexandreapeak 1995
- Katelinpeak 1993
- Briannpeak 1996
- Jasminepeak 1993
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.