How rare is the name Kaela?

5,598 people in the United States have the first name Kaela, about 1 in 53,953. It ranks #3,644 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

KAELA

#3,644

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,598
About
1 in 53,953
This common or more
82.8%
Who bears it

Of the 5,598 people named Kaela, 58.9% reported their origin as White, 13.9% as Black and 12.4% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kaela peaked in 1996, when 345 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19672025
Peak year
1996
Births that year
345
In 2025*
19 ▼94%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,358 babies have been given the name since 1967. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Kaela by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,352. The largest share of babies named Kaela, 48.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#15,8207
1970s#10,54765
1980s#2,227961
1990s#1,3522,847
2000s#2,1161,913
2010s#6,227434
2020s#9,716131
Generation X 1965–801.2%
Millennials 1981–9644.7%
Generation Z 1997–1248.3%
2013 and later5.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Kaela is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kaela has been most common in California (2.2×), Washington (2.2×), and Colorado (2.1×), and least common in Tennessee (0.45×).

4,467 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Kaela

2 other first names also have 5,598 people.

#3,644 Jerrold · 5,598#3,644 Marlys · 5,598

Either side of Kaela

#3,643 Hamid · 5,602#3,644 Jerrold · 5,598#3,644 Marlys · 5,598#3,647 Darrick · 5,591

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kaela, most common first.

#167 Kayla · 303,207#2,130 Kaila · 12,533#2,976 Kala · 7,549#5,335 Kael · 3,243#7,635 Kaeli · 1,979#14,531 Kaely · 811#16,723 Kahla · 670#21,612 Kaelah · 468

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