# Cayla (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cayla/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,853 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 10,853 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 283, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 195 | 1,230 |
| 2012 | 213 | 1,154 |
| 2013 | 163 | 1,404 |
| 2014 | 157 | 1,448 |
| 2015 | 120 | 1,743 |
| 2016 | 99 | 2,002 |
| 2017 | 69 | 2,551 |
| 2018 | 76 | 2,389 |
| 2019 | 53 | 3,053 |
| 2020 | 53 | 3,030 |
| 2021 | 34 | 4,180 |
| 2022 | 41 | 3,717 |
| 2023 | 47 | 3,394 |
| 2024 | 39 | 3,834 |
| 2025 | 30 | 4,578 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 23 | 1,247 |
| 2009 | 10 | 2,326 |
| 2010 | 25 | 1,257 |
| 2011 | 23 | 1,327 |
| 2012 | 18 | 1,649 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 17 | 1,702 |
| 2015 | 18 | 1,649 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,757 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,925 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,519 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |

## People named Cayla

- Cayla George, Australian basketball player (born 1989)
- Cayla Barnes, American ice hockey player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.