Cayla Girl
How popular is Cayla?
#4,545 girl name in 2025
30 baby girls were named Cayla in the US in 2025, making it the 4545th most popular girl name.
Cayla popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #4,545 for girls (▼ 723 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 30 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-75% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,743 in 2015, #3,015 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1999 (469 girls) |
| Highest rank | #509 in 1991 |
| First recorded | 1956 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Cayla counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kayla family of names ranked #315 for girls in 2025 (#287 the year before), with 1,036 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kayla | 838 | 81% |
| Kaila | 88 | 8% |
| Kaylah | 38 | 4% |
| Cayla | 30 | 3% |
| Kailah | 23 | 2% |
| Caila | 14 | 1% |
| Cailah | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Cayla is most popular
Babies named Cayla per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (36 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (16 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (8 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Cayla by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 7 | #4,836 |
| 1960s | 26 | #6,041 |
| 1970s | 74 | #4,625 |
| 1980s | 1,486 | #579 |
| 1990s | 4,359 | #509 |
| 2000s | 3,292 | #596 |
| 2010s | 1,365 | #1,120 |
| 2020s | 244 | #3,015 |
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Questions
- Is Cayla a boy or girl name?
- Cayla is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Cayla were girls.
- How popular is the name Cayla?
- 30 baby girls were named Cayla in the US in 2025, making it the 4545th most popular girl name.
- When was Cayla most popular?
- Cayla peaked in 1999, when 469 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #509 in 1991.
- How many people are named Cayla?
- 10,853 babies have been named Cayla in the US since 1880. We estimate about 10,697 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 28.
- Where is Cayla most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Cayla was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.