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How popular is the name Kayla?
Births per year, rank history and how many Kaylas are alive today.
Kayla (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 386th in 2025 with 110 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2011, when 604 babies were given the name, the 98th most popular that year. It has declined since 2011; the 2025 figure is roughly 18% of its peak. Numbers have been stable in recent years. At least 6,600 babies have been named Kayla in England and Wales since 1996. Kayla is one spelling of a name also recorded as Cayla, Kaila and Kaylah; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Kayla you are most likely to meet is around 15 years old. Half of all Kaylas born in England and Wales are between 12 and 20, and there are at least 8,100 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 2.5% chance that at least one of them will be called Kayla.
How many babies are named Kayla each year?
Includes all spellings: Kayla, Cayla, Kaila, Kaylah. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Kayla spelling rank?
Where does the Cayla spelling rank?
Where does the Kaila spelling rank?
Where does the Kaylah spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Kayla most popular?
Kayla peaked in 2011, when 694 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Kayla?
At least 8,100 people named Kayla in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Kayla?
Most living Kaylas are between 12 and 20; the most common age is about 15.
Is Kayla becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2011 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.