Kaila Girl
How popular is Kaila?
#2,117 girl name in 2025
88 baby girls were named Kaila in the US in 2025, making it the 2117th most popular girl name.
Kaila popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,117 for girls (▼ 385 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 88 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-38% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,554 in 2015, #1,792 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1991 (698 girls) |
| Highest rank | #369 in 1991 |
| First recorded | 1964 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kaila 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 Kaila is most popular
Babies named Kaila per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 2.4 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.3 per 1,000 (47 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (54 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (98 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (43 girls)
Kaila by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30 | #3,878 |
| 1970s | 144 | #2,860 |
| 1980s | 1,862 | #477 |
| 1990s | 5,939 | #369 |
| 2000s | 4,223 | #462 |
| 2010s | 1,712 | #1,019 |
| 2020s | 646 | #1,732 |
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Questions
- Is Kaila a boy or girl name?
- Kaila is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kaila were girls.
- How popular is the name Kaila?
- 88 baby girls were named Kaila in the US in 2025, making it the 2117th most popular girl name.
- When was Kaila most popular?
- Kaila peaked in 1991, when 698 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #369 in 1991.
- How many people are named Kaila?
- 14,556 babies have been named Kaila in the US since 1880. We estimate about 14,349 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 28.
- Where is Kaila most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kaila was most common in Hawaii, at 2.4 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.