Kaela
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAY-la
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Kaela is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Kaela mean?
Modern: spelling of Kayla
A spelling of Kayla, whose origin is uncertain; it may come from Kayley or from the ending of Michaela.
Is Kaela a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaela in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Kaela, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 32 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kaela in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 156 girls in the UK were given Kaela 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 5,925th in England and Wales.
Kaela in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 2 | #7,433 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 2010 | 14 | #2,004 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,848 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,840 |
| 2007 | 32 | #1,012 |
| 2006 | 19 | #1,418 |
| 2005 | 21 | #1,250 |
| 2004 | 27 | #1,006 |
| 2003 | 19 | #1,263 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,475 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
How popular is Kaela in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,115among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Kaela, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 345 girls. It first appears in the records in 1967.
Half of all the girls named Kaela in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,082 girls in the US were given Kaela or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #309, up from #6,115 for this spelling alone.
Kaela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,297 |
| 2023 | 35 | #4,112 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,920 |
| 2016 | 47 | #3,379 |
| 2015 | 32 | #4,402 |
| 2014 | 47 | #3,367 |
| 2013 | 42 | #3,643 |
| 2012 | 59 | #2,900 |
| 2011 | 67 | #2,637 |
| 2010 | 72 | #2,538 |
| 2009 | 87 | #2,244 |
| 2008 | 139 | #1,631 |
| 2007 | 168 | #1,415 |
| 2006 | 166 | #1,375 |
| 2005 | 172 | #1,297 |
| 2004 | 196 | #1,151 |
| 2003 | 226 | #1,019 |
| 2002 | 240 | #933 |
| 2001 | 265 | #860 |
| 2000 | 254 | #865 |
| 1999 | 323 | #699 |
| 1998 | 304 | #726 |
| 1997 | 335 | #657 |
| 1996 | 345 | #648 |
| 1995 | 299 | #701 |
| 1994 | 258 | #790 |
| 1993 | 235 | #836 |
| 1992 | 242 | #825 |
| 1991 | 258 | #793 |
| 1990 | 248 | #807 |
| 1989 | 252 | #769 |
| 1988 | 192 | #902 |
| 1987 | 182 | #913 |
| 1986 | 90 | #1,420 |
| 1985 | 72 | #1,631 |
| 1984 | 51 | #1,990 |
| 1983 | 51 | #1,992 |
| 1982 | 46 | #2,185 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,161 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,412 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
Names like Kaela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira Kiara Layla Kiana Noa Kianna Kyla Sienna Brianna Erin Eden Skyla
Other spellings of Kaela
Names related to Kaela
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Kaela: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaela, updated 20 October 2026.