Kayla
Rank in 2025
#364
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
838
girls 838
Peak year
1991
18,545 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
347,144
since 1933
Born a Kayla? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Kayla was most popular in 1991, when 18,545 babies recorded as girls got the name (9.9 per 1,000). In 2025, 838 babies were named Kayla, ranking #364 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 42%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 838 | 364 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 935 | 336 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 952 | 324 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 1,133 | 279 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 1,217 | 254 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 1,340 | 215 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 1,613 | 182 | 5 | 12145 |
| 2018 | 1,892 | 149 | 5 | 12156 |
| 2017 | 2,128 | 138 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 2,471 | 129 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 2,740 | 115 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 3,012 | 101 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 3,261 | 96 | 7 | 9655 |
| 2012 | 3,776 | 69 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 4,336 | 59 | 5 | 12287 |
| 2010 | 5,060 | 49 | 8 | 8803 |
| 2009 | 5,847 | 35 | 6 | 10994 |
| 2008 | 6,835 | 28 | 9 | 8324 |
| 2007 | 7,583 | 26 | 14 | 5901 |
| 2006 | 8,226 | 26 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 8,620 | 25 | 20 | 4326 |
| 2004 | 9,773 | 18 | 40 | 2643 |
| 2003 | 10,957 | 16 | 23 | 3732 |
| 2002 | 11,310 | 19 | 14 | 5131 |
| 2001 | 11,892 | 17 | 17 | 4476 |
| 2000 | 13,313 | 13 | 17 | 4389 |
| 1999 | 13,292 | 13 | 24 | 3279 |
| 1998 | 13,422 | 12 | 16 | 4197 |
| 1997 | 13,885 | 12 | 14 | 4451 |
| 1996 | 15,269 | 11 | 22 | 3202 |
| 1995 | 16,087 | 11 | 20 | 3303 |
| 1994 | 15,885 | 12 | 22 | 3109 |
| 1993 | 15,453 | 16 | 24 | 2865 |
| 1992 | 16,517 | 13 | 34 | 2214 |
| 1991 | 18,545 | 12 | 35 | 2095 |
| 1990 | 17,538 | 14 | 19 | 3166 |
| 1989 | 14,903 | 20 | 47 | 1658 |
| 1988 | 13,433 | 20 | 46 | 1576 |
| 1987 | 10,576 | 27 | 17 | 2942 |
| 1986 | 4,657 | 64 | 14 | 3268 |
| 1985 | 2,608 | 109 | 16 | 2942 |
| 1984 | 2,681 | 100 | 8 | 4552 |
| 1983 | 3,527 | 81 | 6 | 5484 |
| 1982 | 2,275 | 133 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 317 | 581 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 314 | 589 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 256 | 673 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 237 | 670 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 226 | 692 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 202 | 723 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 185 | 766 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 180 | 770 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 149 | 862 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 182 | 764 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 167 | 828 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 158 | 853 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 192 | 728 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 139 | 868 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 135 | 876 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 144 | 830 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 147 | 819 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 163 | 821 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 156 | 837 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 166 | 813 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 116 | 1005 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 130 | 934 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 116 | 982 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 103 | 1028 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 101 | 1041 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 69 | 1249 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 67 | 1229 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 60 | 1278 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 49 | 1389 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 47 | 1420 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 51 | 1303 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 37 | 1524 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 24 | 1967 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 30 | 1708 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 16 | 2530 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 23 | 1919 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 11 | 2742 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 15 | 2287 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 12 | 2695 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 13 | 2537 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 11 | 2668 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 6 | 3863 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 9 | 2922 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 9 | 2940 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 6 | 3800 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 5 | 4204 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 6 | 3753 | <5 | — |
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Where Kayla is most popular
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- California1.5×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years