Knyla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NY-luh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Knyla is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
Where does Knyla come from?
Modern: K- spelling of Nyla
Is Knyla a girl's or a boy's name?
Knyla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Knyla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,104th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Knyla, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 2004.
Half of all the girls named Knyla in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 55 girls in the US were given Knyla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,449, up from #10,104 for this spelling alone.
Knyla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
Names like Knyla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani, Kaylani, Kailani, Noa, Kalani, Malani, Xyla, Klani, Naylani, Meilani, Nailani, Kylani
Other spellings of Knyla
Names related to Knyla
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from 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, “Knyla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/knyla, updated 20 October 2026.