Kyla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KY-la
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #579 for girls
Kyla is a girls' name of Scottish origin, meaning “narrow strait”. In 2025 it ranked 776th for girls in the UK (51 babies) and 579th for girls in the US (512 babies).
What does Kyla mean?
Scottish: feminine form of Kyle
“narrow strait”
A feminine form of Kyle, from a Scottish Gaelic word for a narrow channel of water.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Kyla a girl's or a boy's name?
Kyla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 51 girls in the UK and 512 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kyla in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 51 about 1 in 5,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 51 girls in the UK were named Kyla, making it the 776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 529th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 249 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Kyla than any year since 2000.
Half of all the girls named Kyla in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 100 girls in the UK were given Kyla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #441, up from #776 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 778th in England and Wales and 632nd in Scotland.
Kyla in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51 | #776 |
| 2024 | 61 | #677 |
| 2023 | 75 | #557 |
| 2022 | 72 | #590 |
| 2021 | 67 | #625 |
| 2020 | 83 | #529 |
| 2019 | 92 | #498 |
| 2018 | 87 | #537 |
| 2017 | 108 | #454 |
| 2016 | 126 | #406 |
| 2015 | 107 | #456 |
| 2014 | 148 | #339 |
| 2013 | 163 | #322 |
| 2012 | 177 | #313 |
| 2011 | 209 | #266 |
| 2010 | 249 | #229 |
| 2009 | 221 | #242 |
| 2008 | 206 | #265 |
| 2007 | 244 | #237 |
| 2006 | 221 | #242 |
| 2005 | 151 | #310 |
| 2004 | 141 | #322 |
| 2003 | 135 | #317 |
| 2002 | 70 | #487 |
| 2001 | 74 | #456 |
| 2000 | 40 | #682 |
| 1999 | 51 | #593 |
| 1998 | 69 | #483 |
| 1997 | 39 | #707 |
| 1996 | 21 | #1,024 |
How popular is Kyla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 579th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 512 about 1 in 3,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 512 girls in the US were named Kyla, making it the 579th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 491st. Its busiest year was 2004, with 2,038 girls. It first appears in the records in 1940.
2025 had fewer girls named Kyla than any year since 1987.
Half of all the girls named Kyla in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 654 girls in the US were given Kyla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #484, up from #579 for this spelling alone.
Kyla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 512 | #579 |
| 2024 | 554 | #547 |
| 2023 | 527 | #564 |
| 2022 | 546 | #560 |
| 2021 | 626 | #498 |
| 2020 | 621 | #491 |
| 2019 | 674 | #462 |
| 2018 | 728 | #434 |
| 2017 | 807 | #387 |
| 2016 | 889 | #366 |
| 2015 | 921 | #357 |
| 2014 | 919 | #355 |
| 2013 | 1,026 | #316 |
| 2012 | 1,115 | #284 |
| 2011 | 1,111 | #285 |
| 2010 | 1,284 | #253 |
| 2009 | 1,248 | #263 |
| 2008 | 1,411 | #245 |
| 2007 | 1,528 | #231 |
| 2006 | 1,693 | #204 |
| 2005 | 1,770 | #194 |
| 2004 | 2,038 | #162 |
| 2003 | 2,023 | #165 |
| 2002 | 1,705 | #187 |
| 2001 | 1,295 | #247 |
| 2000 | 1,363 | #235 |
| 1999 | 1,245 | #253 |
| 1998 | 1,177 | #264 |
| 1997 | 1,116 | #260 |
| 1996 | 997 | #290 |
| 1995 | 625 | #411 |
| 1994 | 626 | #401 |
| 1993 | 638 | #395 |
| 1992 | 701 | #367 |
| 1991 | 645 | #397 |
| 1990 | 596 | #426 |
| 1989 | 580 | #428 |
| 1988 | 546 | #426 |
| 1987 | 480 | #459 |
| 1986 | 371 | #546 |
| 1985 | 336 | #580 |
| 1984 | 369 | #523 |
| 1983 | 351 | #535 |
| 1982 | 371 | #527 |
| 1981 | 360 | #528 |
| 1980 | 303 | #605 |
| 1979 | 336 | #553 |
| 1978 | 195 | #782 |
| 1977 | 173 | #851 |
| 1976 | 166 | #832 |
| 1975 | 106 | #1,100 |
| 1974 | 142 | #896 |
| 1973 | 97 | #1,138 |
| 1972 | 106 | #1,079 |
| 1971 | 106 | #1,113 |
| 1970 | 97 | #1,182 |
| 1969 | 63 | #1,480 |
| 1968 | 63 | #1,418 |
| 1967 | 72 | #1,269 |
| 1966 | 63 | #1,385 |
| 1965 | 66 | #1,350 |
| 1964 | 54 | #1,548 |
| 1963 | 53 | #1,546 |
| 1962 | 42 | #1,756 |
| 1961 | 35 | #1,954 |
| 1960 | 31 | #2,060 |
| 1959 | 37 | #1,819 |
| 1958 | 28 | #2,116 |
| 1957 | 37 | #1,783 |
| 1956 | 26 | #2,150 |
| 1955 | 22 | #2,340 |
| 1954 | 25 | #2,121 |
| 1953 | 17 | #2,594 |
| 1952 | 13 | #3,039 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,283 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,891 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
Names like Kyla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira, Kiara, Layla, Kayla, Sienna, Mia, Lara, Fatima, Zara, Eden, Ava, Myla
Other spellings of Kyla
Names related to Kyla
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, “Kyla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kyla, updated 20 October 2026.