first name
KAYLA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 303,207 people named Kayla, 64.5% reported their origin as White, 13.5% as Black and 12.9% 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.
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Kayla peaked in 1991, when 18,580 babies got the name.
At least 347,144 babies have been given the name since 1933. 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.
Kayla by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #38. The largest share of babies named Kayla, 49.1%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
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 Kayla is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kayla has been most common in Nevada (1.9×), Florida (1.6×), and Alaska (1.5×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.63×).
344,646 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 Kayla
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kayla, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Kayla ranks #111,467 of 156,621, with 168 people. See Kayla as a last name
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