Caila
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAY-la
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Caila is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Caila mean?
Modern: spelling of Kaila, itself a spelling of Kayla
Spelling of Kayla, a 20th-century name probably formed from Kyla, the feminine of Kyle.
Meaning borrowed from Kaila. More on Wiktionary.
Is Caila a girl's or a boy's name?
Caila is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Caila in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 6 girls.
Half of all the girls named Caila in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Caila in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 2 | #7,433 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
How popular is Caila in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,489th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Caila, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 1999, with 66 girls. It first appears in the records in 1985.
Half of all the girls named Caila in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,082 girls in the US were given Caila or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #309, up from #7,489 for this spelling alone.
Caila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 28 | #4,809 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,530 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,096 |
| 2008 | 28 | #5,140 |
| 2007 | 30 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 35 | #4,164 |
| 2005 | 36 | #3,938 |
| 2004 | 46 | #3,261 |
| 2003 | 44 | #3,287 |
| 2002 | 50 | #2,931 |
| 2001 | 40 | #3,364 |
| 2000 | 50 | #2,850 |
| 1999 | 66 | #2,255 |
| 1998 | 52 | #2,611 |
| 1997 | 46 | #2,692 |
| 1996 | 58 | #2,279 |
| 1995 | 42 | #2,840 |
| 1994 | 48 | #2,580 |
| 1993 | 43 | #2,763 |
| 1992 | 39 | #2,969 |
| 1991 | 45 | #2,654 |
| 1990 | 40 | #2,845 |
| 1989 | 32 | #3,247 |
| 1988 | 28 | #3,388 |
| 1987 | 29 | #3,166 |
| 1986 | 25 | #3,457 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
Names like Caila
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira, Kiara, Sienna, Eden, Caoimhe, Layla, Orla, Brianna, Cassidy, Kiana, Myla, Ayla
Other spellings of Caila
Kayla, Kaila, Kaylah, Cayla, Kailah, Calah, Kaela, Khaila, Cailah
Names related to Caila
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Caila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/caila, updated 20 October 2026.