Nakayla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nuh-KAY-lah
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Nakayla is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
Where does Nakayla come from?
Modern: Na- prefix added to Kayla
Is Nakayla a girl's or a boy's name?
Nakayla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nakayla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Nakayla, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 118 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Nakayla in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nakayla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,450 |
| 2017 | 25 | #5,189 |
| 2016 | 30 | #4,631 |
| 2015 | 30 | #4,583 |
| 2014 | 30 | #4,655 |
| 2013 | 55 | #3,004 |
| 2012 | 58 | #2,934 |
| 2011 | 56 | #3,013 |
| 2010 | 77 | #2,427 |
| 2009 | 84 | #2,316 |
| 2008 | 102 | #2,032 |
| 2007 | 117 | #1,815 |
| 2006 | 89 | #2,165 |
| 2005 | 110 | #1,777 |
| 2004 | 118 | #1,642 |
| 2003 | 106 | #1,768 |
| 2002 | 91 | #1,932 |
| 2001 | 73 | #2,207 |
| 2000 | 94 | #1,823 |
| 1999 | 94 | #1,717 |
| 1998 | 71 | #2,063 |
| 1997 | 60 | #2,256 |
| 1996 | 41 | #2,896 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,682 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,842 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
Nicknames for Nakayla
- Kayla 133 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Nakayla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Noa, Kaylani, Nalani, Makayla, Kailani, Kalani, Alani, Layla, Naylani, Malani, Kaliyah, Amira
Names related to Nakayla
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, “Nakayla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nakayla, updated 20 October 2026.