# Kaila (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kaila/  
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 | 14,556 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 14,556 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 461, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Yiddish קיילה (kaila)), In modern use a spelling variant of Kayla or Kyla.

## 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 | 214 | 1,145 |
| 2012 | 198 | 1,228 |
| 2013 | 166 | 1,393 |
| 2014 | 186 | 1,285 |
| 2015 | 141 | 1,558 |
| 2016 | 162 | 1,429 |
| 2017 | 134 | 1,618 |
| 2018 | 128 | 1,652 |
| 2019 | 137 | 1,566 |
| 2020 | 110 | 1,800 |
| 2021 | 113 | 1,796 |
| 2022 | 113 | 1,810 |
| 2023 | 105 | 1,897 |
| 2024 | 117 | 1,740 |
| 2025 | 88 | 2,133 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 41 | 877 |
| 2012 | 26 | 1,253 |
| 2013 | 18 | 1,639 |
| 2014 | 19 | 1,562 |
| 2015 | 12 | 2,195 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,367 |
| 2017 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2018 | 13 | 2,090 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,869 |
| 2020 | 12 | 2,163 |
| 2021 | 13 | 2,073 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,488 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,346 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,771 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,440 |

## People named Kaila

- Kaila Kuhn, American freestyle skier

## 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.