Lakayla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- luh-KAY-luh
- Origin
- Modern
Lakayla is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Lakayla come from?
Modern: La- added to Kayla
Is Lakayla a girl's or a boy's name?
Lakayla is a girls' name.
How popular is Lakayla in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 78 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the girls named Lakayla in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lakayla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 28 | #4,852 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,766 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | 31 | #4,599 |
| 2011 | 34 | #4,243 |
| 2010 | 61 | #2,840 |
| 2009 | 46 | #3,511 |
| 2008 | 71 | #2,609 |
| 2007 | 62 | #2,890 |
| 2006 | 73 | #2,512 |
| 2005 | 77 | #2,312 |
| 2004 | 62 | #2,648 |
| 2003 | 78 | #2,200 |
| 2002 | 54 | #2,776 |
| 2001 | 60 | #2,536 |
| 2000 | 68 | #2,273 |
| 1999 | 67 | #2,219 |
| 1998 | 42 | #3,012 |
| 1997 | 39 | #3,033 |
| 1996 | 35 | #3,297 |
| 1995 | 38 | #3,017 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,233 |
| 1993 | 30 | #3,580 |
| 1992 | 23 | #4,375 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,281 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
Nicknames for Lakayla
- Kayla 133 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Lakayla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaylani, Noa, Kalani, Kailani, Nalani, Alani, Layla, Makayla, Malani, Leilana, Meilani, Ilani
Names related to Lakayla
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Lakayla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lakayla, updated 20 October 2026.