Kaila
Girl · KAY-la · Modern
Kaila is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 2,117th for girls in the US (88 babies).
What does Kaila mean?
Modern: spelling of Kayla
Spelling of Kayla, a 20th-century name probably formed from Kyla, the feminine of Kyle.
- Say it
- KAY-la
More on Wiktionary.
Is Kaila a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaila is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 88 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaila in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,509among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Kaila, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,780th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 47 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kaila in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 156 girls in the UK were given Kaila or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #326, up from #2,509 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Kaila in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,780 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,904 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,913 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 14 | #2,085 |
| 2014 | 29 | #1,235 |
| 2013 | 25 | #1,402 |
| 2012 | 35 | #1,078 |
| 2011 | 47 | #844 |
| 2010 | 46 | #847 |
| 2009 | 30 | #1,127 |
| 2008 | 32 | #1,034 |
| 2007 | 35 | #941 |
| 2006 | 26 | #1,118 |
| 2005 | 25 | #1,077 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,488 |
| 2003 | 17 | #1,369 |
| 2002 | 22 | #1,085 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,542 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Kaila in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,117among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 88about 1 in 18,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 88 girls in the US were named Kaila, making it the 2,117th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,792nd. Its busiest year was 1991, with 698 girls. It first appears in the records in 1964.
2025 had fewer girls named Kaila than any year since 1982.
Half of all the girls named Kaila in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,082 girls in the US were given Kaila or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #309, up from #2,117 for this spelling alone.
Kaila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 88 | #2,117 |
| 2024 | 117 | #1,732 |
| 2023 | 105 | #1,890 |
| 2022 | 113 | #1,807 |
| 2021 | 113 | #1,791 |
| 2020 | 110 | #1,792 |
| 2019 | 137 | #1,566 |
| 2018 | 128 | #1,650 |
| 2017 | 134 | #1,614 |
| 2016 | 162 | #1,425 |
| 2015 | 141 | #1,554 |
| 2014 | 186 | #1,284 |
| 2013 | 166 | #1,391 |
| 2012 | 198 | #1,227 |
| 2011 | 214 | #1,144 |
| 2010 | 246 | #1,019 |
| 2009 | 252 | #1,032 |
| 2008 | 325 | #855 |
| 2007 | 392 | #743 |
| 2006 | 356 | #773 |
| 2005 | 379 | #721 |
| 2004 | 431 | #633 |
| 2003 | 488 | #572 |
| 2002 | 491 | #554 |
| 2001 | 508 | #525 |
| 2000 | 601 | #462 |
| 1999 | 544 | #478 |
| 1998 | 554 | #465 |
| 1997 | 580 | #438 |
| 1996 | 598 | #427 |
| 1995 | 632 | #410 |
| 1994 | 579 | #435 |
| 1993 | 593 | #424 |
| 1992 | 586 | #429 |
| 1991 | 698 | #369 |
| 1990 | 575 | #435 |
| 1989 | 497 | #477 |
| 1988 | 391 | #554 |
| 1987 | 318 | #607 |
| 1986 | 177 | #909 |
| 1985 | 125 | #1,143 |
| 1984 | 107 | #1,216 |
| 1983 | 107 | #1,200 |
| 1982 | 88 | #1,384 |
| 1981 | 30 | #2,928 |
| 1980 | 22 | #3,609 |
| 1979 | 30 | #2,860 |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,283 |
| 1977 | 13 | #4,941 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,368 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,585 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,792 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,808 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,412 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,878 |
Names like Kaila
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Noa Layla Kehlani Kalani Xyla Koa Alani Kaia Milani Ayla Nala Kyla
Other spellings of Kaila
Names related to Kaila
Kali Kaliyah Kalia Kalila Kaliah Kalilah Khalia Kailey Kalea Kailee
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