How rare is the name Kaila?

12,533 people in the United States have the first name Kaila, about 1 in 24,099. It ranks #2,130 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KAILA

#2,130

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,533
About
1 in 24,099
This common or more
78.6%
Who bears it

Of the 12,533 people named Kaila, 50% reported their origin as White, 20% as Black and 14.8% 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.

Kaila peaked in 1991, when 698 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19642025
Peak year
1991
Births that year
698
In 2025*
88 ▼87%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 14,556 babies have been given the name since 1964. 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.

Kaila by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #838. The largest share of babies named Kaila, 45.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#10,83930
1970s#6,603144
1980s#1,5071,862
1990s#8385,939
2000s#1,2184,223
2010s#2,4421,712
2020s#3,383646
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–801.3%
Millennials 1981–9641.9%
Generation Z 1997–1245.1%
2013 and later11.7%

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 Kaila is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kaila has been most common in Hawaii (9.7×), Florida (1.8×), and Washington (1.8×), and least common in Oklahoma (0.27×).

12,410 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.

Either side of Kaila

#2,128 Tiffani · 12,572#2,129 Aurelio · 12,539#2,131 Camron · 12,532#2,132 Thalia · 12,526

Spelled almost the same

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

#167 Kayla · 303,207#2,976 Kala · 7,549#3,644 Kaela · 5,598#5,871 Kaili · 2,821#6,946 Kaily · 2,250#8,263 Kailah · 1,761#13,642 Kaile · 880#15,259 Kail · 757

Also a last name

As a last name, Kaila ranks #89,848 of 156,621, with 221 people. See Kaila as a last name

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