Xayla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZAY-la
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Xayla is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
Where does Xayla come from?
Modern: variant of Zayla or Kayla with an X
Is Xayla a girl's or a boy's name?
Xayla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Xayla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Xayla, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 2004.
2025 had fewer girls named Xayla than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Xayla in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 269 girls in the US were given Xayla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #886, up from #5,721 for this spelling alone.
- Zayla 248
- Xayla 21
Xayla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,770 |
| 2023 | 24 | #5,245 |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,169 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
Names like Xayla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Xyla Kehlani Kaylani Noa Malani Ailany Naylani Kailani Meilani Xolani Nailani Kalani
Other spellings of Xayla
Names related to Xayla
More Modern names
Jayden Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn Ailani
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, “Xayla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/xayla, updated 20 October 2026.