Kailah
Girl · KAY-la · Modern
Kailah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,409th for girls in the US (23 babies).
What does Kailah 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.
- Say it
- KAY-la
Meaning borrowed from Kaila. More on Wiktionary.
Is Kailah a girl's or a boy's name?
Kailah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kailah 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 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kailah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kailah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 2 | #7,433 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 2 | #7,531 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
How popular is Kailah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 23 girls in the US were named Kailah, making it the 5,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,546th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 99 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
2025 had fewer girls named Kailah than any year since 1989.
Half of all the girls named Kailah in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,082 girls in the US were given Kailah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #309, up from #5,409 for this spelling alone.
Kailah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #5,409 |
| 2024 | 34 | #4,206 |
| 2023 | 46 | #3,428 |
| 2022 | 35 | #4,106 |
| 2021 | 35 | #4,087 |
| 2020 | 42 | #3,546 |
| 2019 | 39 | #3,787 |
| 2018 | 40 | #3,738 |
| 2017 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2016 | 39 | #3,849 |
| 2015 | 64 | #2,736 |
| 2014 | 61 | #2,807 |
| 2013 | 63 | #2,725 |
| 2012 | 54 | #3,093 |
| 2011 | 68 | #2,613 |
| 2010 | 80 | #2,360 |
| 2009 | 79 | #2,424 |
| 2008 | 71 | #2,609 |
| 2007 | 85 | #2,276 |
| 2006 | 78 | #2,396 |
| 2005 | 83 | #2,203 |
| 2004 | 92 | #1,997 |
| 2003 | 89 | #2,018 |
| 2002 | 99 | #1,803 |
| 2001 | 95 | #1,847 |
| 2000 | 98 | #1,772 |
| 1999 | 84 | #1,871 |
| 1998 | 81 | #1,880 |
| 1997 | 65 | #2,135 |
| 1996 | 80 | #1,824 |
| 1995 | 62 | #2,150 |
| 1994 | 39 | #2,983 |
| 1993 | 46 | #2,634 |
| 1992 | 43 | #2,772 |
| 1991 | 31 | #3,437 |
| 1990 | 30 | #3,518 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 1988 | 21 | #4,167 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
Names like Kailah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Noa Layla Zainab Safa Aaliyah Ayah Summer Ayla Kehlani Khadija Hafsa Hiba
Other spellings of Kailah
Names related to Kailah
Kaliyah Khawlah Kalayah Khalilah Kalia Kaliah Kailey Kaleah Kailee
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn