Kayla

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Kuala in BD Bangladesh and Keila in ES Spain.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Kayla is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese given name117K records spelled Kayla8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Argentina, Philippines

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Kaylã, Káyla, Kåÿlä, Kãylà, Kãylã

• French given name24K records spelled Kayla5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Spain, Canada

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Kàylà, Kâylä, Kàyla

• Indonesian given name7.8K records spelled Kayla4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Malaysia, Philippines

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Kayla, Kayla'

• Arabic given name6.3K records spelled Kayla7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Israel, Egypt, Poland

  Languages: Arabic, Hebrew, Amharic

  Also written קיילה, Kyla, כיילא

• Italian given name2.5K records spelled Kayla2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Canada, United Kingdom

  Also written Kaylå

55 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Kayla is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

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• English: recently coined altered form of KAYLEY .

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 91 years between 1933–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Kayla Ewellb. 1985USAmerican actress
• Kayla Barronb. 1987USAmerican astronaut
• Kayla Muellerb. 1988USAmerican aid worker and ISIS captive (1988–2015)
• Kayla McAlisterb. 1988NZNetball and Rugby Sevens player
• Kayla Banwarthb. 1989USAmerican volleyball player and coach
• Kayla Harrisonb. 1990USAmerican Olympic judoka and mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter
• Kayla Thorntonb. 1992USAmerican basketball player (born 1992)
• Kayla Wallaceb. 1993CACanadian actress
• Kayla Maisonetb. 1999USAmerican actress
• Kayla Dayb. 1999USAmerican female tennis player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 838 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Kayla?

We estimate roughly 374 thousand people bear Kayla (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Kayla have the most bearers?

We estimate about 303 thousand people bear Kayla in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled kayla.

Where is Kayla most common?

Kayla is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.1 thousand people carrying it.

How common is Kayla compared with other names?

In the United States, Kayla is the 436th most common given name of 3,122,706 given names recorded there.

Is Kayla a male or female name?

Kayla is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Kayla mean?

Recorded meaning: Ethiopian ethnic group/language; also U.S.