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Caela

Girl · KAY-la · Modern

Caela is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Caela mean?

Modern: spelling of Kaela, itself a spelling of Kayla

A spelling of Kayla, whose origin is uncertain; it may come from Kayley or from the ending of Michaela.

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KAY-la

Meaning borrowed from Kaela.

Is Caela a girl's or a boy's name?

Caela is a girls' name.

How popular is Caela in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2020, with 8 girls.

Half of all the girls named Caela in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

1997Busiest: 8 in 20202024
Caela in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20244#4,907
20230–
20220–
20214#4,864
20208#3,009
20190–
20184#4,914
20172#7,588
20165#4,290
20153#5,983
20146#3,702
20135#4,267
20126#3,881
20117#3,360
20100–
20091#7,377
20082#7,302
20075#3,858
20062#6,613
20051#6,340
20040–
20031#5,865
20020–
20010–
20000–
19990–
19981#5,152
19971#5,110

How popular is Caela in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1994, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1985.

Half of all the girls named Caela in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.

1985Busiest: 23 in 19942018
Caela in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20189#10,540
20179#10,685
20166#14,326
201513#8,443
20140–
201312#9,031
201216#7,452
201115#7,779
20105#16,985
200911#9,971
200820#6,556
200712#9,535
200612#9,282
20058#11,828
200413#8,254
200316#6,880
200217#6,386
200120#5,565
200021#5,307
199917#5,890
199818#5,579
199720#5,006
199620#4,878
199521#4,672
199423#4,371
199320#4,820
199216#5,711
199116#5,653
199011#7,297
198912#6,525
198812#6,272
19875#11,320
198611#6,153
19855#10,672

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