Nakyla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- na-KY-la
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Nakyla is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
Where does Nakyla come from?
Modern: Na- with Kyla
Is Nakyla a girl's or a boy's name?
Nakyla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nakyla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Nakyla, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Nakyla in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nakyla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,412 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 31 | #4,760 |
| 2007 | 33 | #4,474 |
| 2006 | 32 | #4,462 |
| 2005 | 30 | #4,483 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,105 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
Nicknames for Nakyla
- Kyla 51 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Nakyla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Noa Kaylani Nalani Kailani Makayla Naylani Alani Kalani Malani Layla Nailea Kaliyah
Names related to Nakyla
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, “Nakyla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nakyla, updated 20 October 2026.