Cayla
Girl · KAY-la · Modern
Cayla is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 4,545th for girls in the US (30 babies).
What does Cayla mean?
Modern: spelling of Kayla
A spelling of Kayla, a modern name built on Kay.
- Say it
- KAY-la
Is Cayla a girl's or a boy's name?
Cayla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 30 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cayla in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 74% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Cayla, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,268th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 39 girls.
Half of all the girls named Cayla in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 156 girls in the UK were given Cayla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #326, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 780th in Scotland.
Cayla in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 2014 | 24 | #1,418 |
| 2013 | 14 | #2,061 |
| 2012 | 29 | #1,232 |
| 2011 | 39 | #977 |
| 2010 | 29 | #1,200 |
| 2009 | 21 | #1,449 |
| 2008 | 35 | #978 |
| 2007 | 19 | #1,477 |
| 2006 | 19 | #1,418 |
| 2005 | 32 | #918 |
| 2004 | 15 | #1,561 |
| 2003 | 21 | #1,156 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,553 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Cayla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 30about 1 in 54,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 30 girls in the US were named Cayla, making it the 4,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,015th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 469 girls. It first appears in the records in 1956.
2025 had fewer girls named Cayla than any year since 1981.
Half of all the girls named Cayla in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,082 girls in the US were given Cayla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #309, up from #4,545 for this spelling alone.
Cayla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2024 | 39 | #3,822 |
| 2023 | 47 | #3,386 |
| 2022 | 41 | #3,701 |
| 2021 | 34 | #4,163 |
| 2020 | 53 | #3,015 |
| 2019 | 53 | #3,043 |
| 2018 | 76 | #2,387 |
| 2017 | 69 | #2,546 |
| 2016 | 99 | #1,996 |
| 2015 | 120 | #1,743 |
| 2014 | 157 | #1,446 |
| 2013 | 163 | #1,403 |
| 2012 | 213 | #1,153 |
| 2011 | 195 | #1,229 |
| 2010 | 220 | #1,120 |
| 2009 | 283 | #942 |
| 2008 | 256 | #1,022 |
| 2007 | 234 | #1,105 |
| 2006 | 300 | #887 |
| 2005 | 306 | #832 |
| 2004 | 331 | #782 |
| 2003 | 351 | #727 |
| 2002 | 385 | #660 |
| 2001 | 421 | #599 |
| 2000 | 425 | #596 |
| 1999 | 469 | #538 |
| 1998 | 439 | #558 |
| 1997 | 420 | #555 |
| 1996 | 438 | #535 |
| 1995 | 456 | #527 |
| 1994 | 400 | #574 |
| 1993 | 433 | #546 |
| 1992 | 410 | #568 |
| 1991 | 463 | #509 |
| 1990 | 431 | #549 |
| 1989 | 377 | #579 |
| 1988 | 324 | #617 |
| 1987 | 290 | #648 |
| 1986 | 146 | #1,032 |
| 1985 | 88 | #1,428 |
| 1984 | 75 | #1,511 |
| 1983 | 93 | #1,303 |
| 1982 | 71 | #1,621 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,625 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,836 |
Names like Cayla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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