Khyla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KY-la
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Khyla is a girls' name of Scottish origin, meaning “narrow strait”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Khyla mean?
Scottish: spelling of Kyla; feminine form of Kyle
“narrow strait”
A feminine form of Kyle, from a Scottish Gaelic word for a narrow channel of water.
Meaning borrowed from Kyla. More on Wiktionary.
Is Khyla a girl's or a boy's name?
Khyla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khyla in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 5 girls.
Khyla in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 2 | #5,792 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
How popular is Khyla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Khyla, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,878th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 64 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Khyla in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 654 girls in the US were given Khyla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #484, up from #8,858 for this spelling alone.
Khyla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 24 | #5,245 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 28 | #4,715 |
| 2020 | 26 | #4,878 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,608 |
| 2018 | 36 | #4,000 |
| 2017 | 25 | #5,189 |
| 2016 | 40 | #3,777 |
| 2015 | 29 | #4,724 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 42 | #3,643 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 64 | #2,724 |
| 2010 | 43 | #3,623 |
| 2009 | 38 | #4,012 |
| 2008 | 47 | #3,477 |
| 2007 | 52 | #3,247 |
| 2006 | 41 | #3,733 |
| 2005 | 30 | #4,483 |
| 2004 | 31 | #4,383 |
| 2003 | 50 | #2,996 |
| 2002 | 38 | #3,519 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 32 | #3,881 |
| 1999 | 33 | #3,635 |
| 1998 | 25 | #4,363 |
| 1997 | 30 | #3,713 |
| 1996 | 43 | #2,792 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
Names like Khyla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Layla Keira Ayla Hafsa Khadija Hiba Kiara Noa Zainab Amira Sienna
Other spellings of Khyla
Names related to Khyla
More Scottish names
Isla Finley Logan Arabella Cameron Bonnie Paisley Brody Carson Maxwell Brodie Finlay Blair Lennox Skye Knox
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, “Khyla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khyla, updated 20 October 2026.