# Kaela (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kaela/  
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 | 6,358 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6,358 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 193, 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 | 67 | 2,649 |
| 2012 | 59 | 2,918 |
| 2013 | 42 | 3,670 |
| 2014 | 47 | 3,392 |
| 2015 | 32 | 4,446 |
| 2016 | 47 | 3,396 |
| 2017 | 27 | 4,991 |
| 2018 | 21 | 5,889 |
| 2019 | 20 | 6,070 |
| 2020 | 19 | 6,190 |
| 2021 | 14 | 7,813 |
| 2022 | 20 | 6,093 |
| 2023 | 35 | 4,150 |
| 2024 | 24 | 5,366 |
| 2025 | 19 | 6,215 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 22 | 1,234 |
| 2008 | 12 | 2,022 |
| 2009 | 11 | 2,148 |
| 2010 | 10 | 2,392 |
| 2011 | 8 | 2,893 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Kaela

- Kaela Davis, American basketball player (born 1995)

## 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.