Kayla
#111 most common girls' name of all time · #211 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1933–2025
Rank among girls
#111
Rank overall
#211 of 105,966
First appeared
1933
Years on the list
91 of 146
All-time
347,144
Since 2016
14,529
Peak year
1991 #12
Best rank
#11 1995
Girls
Boys
peak 18,580/yr
Kayla first appears in 1933. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 838 | — | 838 | #365 |
| 2024 | 935 | — | 935 | #337 |
| 2023 | 952 | — | 952 | #324 |
| 2022 | 1,133 | — | 1,133 | #280 |
| 2021 | 1,217 | — | 1,217 | #254 |
| 2020 | 1,340 | — | 1,340 | #216 |
| 2019 | 1,613 | 5 | 1,618 | #182 |
| 2018 | 1,892 | 5 | 1,897 | #149 |
| 2017 | 2,128 | — | 2,128 | #138 |
| 2016 | 2,471 | — | 2,471 | #129 |
| 2015 | 2,740 | — | 2,740 | #116 |
| 2014 | 3,012 | — | 3,012 | #101 |
| 2013 | 3,261 | 7 | 3,268 | #96 |
| 2012 | 3,776 | — | 3,776 | #69 |
| 2011 | 4,336 | 5 | 4,341 | #59 |
| 2010 | 5,060 | 8 | 5,068 | #49 |
| 2009 | 5,847 | 6 | 5,853 | #35 |
| 2008 | 6,835 | 9 | 6,844 | #28 |
| 2007 | 7,583 | 14 | 7,597 | #26 |
| 2006 | 8,226 | — | 8,226 | #26 |
| 2005 | 8,620 | 20 | 8,640 | #25 |
| 2004 | 9,773 | 40 | 9,813 | #18 |
| 2003 | 10,957 | 23 | 10,980 | #16 |
| 2002 | 11,310 | 14 | 11,324 | #19 |
| 2001 | 11,892 | 17 | 11,909 | #17 |
| 2000 | 13,313 | 17 | 13,330 | #13 |
| 1999 | 13,292 | 24 | 13,316 | #13 |
| 1998 | 13,422 | 16 | 13,438 | #12 |
| 1997 | 13,885 | 14 | 13,899 | #12 |
| 1996 | 15,269 | 22 | 15,291 | #11 |
| 1995 | 16,087 | 20 | 16,107 | #11 |
| 1994 | 15,885 | 22 | 15,907 | #12 |
| 1993 | 15,453 | 24 | 15,477 | #16 |
| 1992 | 16,517 | 34 | 16,551 | #13 |
| 1991 | 18,545 | 35 | 18,580 | #12 |
| 1990 | 17,538 | 19 | 17,557 | #14 |
| 1989 | 14,903 | 47 | 14,950 | #20 |
| 1988 | 13,433 | 46 | 13,479 | #20 |
| 1987 | 10,576 | 17 | 10,593 | #27 |
| 1986 | 4,657 | 14 | 4,671 | #64 |
| 1985 | 2,608 | 16 | 2,624 | #109 |
| 1984 | 2,681 | 8 | 2,689 | #100 |
| 1983 | 3,527 | 6 | 3,533 | #81 |
| 1982 | 2,275 | — | 2,275 | #133 |
| 1981 | 317 | — | 317 | #583 |
| 1980 | 314 | — | 314 | #590 |
| 1979 | 256 | — | 256 | #673 |
| 1978 | 237 | — | 237 | #673 |
| 1977 | 226 | — | 226 | #694 |
| 1976 | 202 | — | 202 | #728 |
| 1975 | 185 | — | 185 | #767 |
| 1974 | 180 | — | 180 | #771 |
| 1973 | 149 | — | 149 | #868 |
| 1972 | 182 | — | 182 | #765 |
| 1971 | 167 | — | 167 | #831 |
| 1970 | 158 | — | 158 | #855 |
| 1969 | 192 | — | 192 | #729 |
| 1968 | 139 | — | 139 | #871 |
| 1967 | 135 | — | 135 | #878 |
| 1966 | 144 | — | 144 | #834 |
| 1965 | 147 | — | 147 | #821 |
| 1964 | 163 | — | 163 | #823 |
| 1963 | 156 | — | 156 | #837 |
| 1962 | 166 | — | 166 | #813 |
| 1961 | 116 | — | 116 | #1,009 |
| 1960 | 130 | — | 130 | #937 |
| 1959 | 116 | — | 116 | #985 |
| 1958 | 103 | — | 103 | #1,034 |
| 1957 | 101 | — | 101 | #1,043 |
| 1956 | 69 | — | 69 | #1,258 |
| 1955 | 67 | — | 67 | #1,240 |
| 1954 | 60 | — | 60 | #1,284 |
| 1953 | 49 | — | 49 | #1,403 |
| 1952 | 47 | — | 47 | #1,428 |
| 1951 | 51 | — | 51 | #1,312 |
| 1950 | 37 | — | 37 | #1,548 |
| 1949 | 24 | — | 24 | #2,002 |
| 1948 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,733 |
| 1947 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,613 |
| 1946 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,962 |
| 1945 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,884 |
| 1944 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,384 |
| 1943 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,840 |
| 1942 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,652 |
| 1941 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,826 |
| 1940 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,264 |
| 1939 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,126 |
| 1938 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,165 |
| 1937 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,204 |
| 1935 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,807 |
| 1933 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,203 |