Kayla vs Leila

Head to head

Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls

  In 2025, Kayla was ranked #130 and Leila #325 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

• Scotland · Girls

  In 2024, Kayla was ranked #171 and Leila #275 among girls in Scotland.

• Northern Ireland · Girls

  In 2023, Kayla was ranked #209 and Leila #302 among girls in Northern Ireland.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2025, Kayla was ranked #386 and Leila #268 among girls in England and Wales.

Kayla and Leila over time

Kayla and Leila appear together in 3 published lists, across 75 years of shared records. Kayla held the stronger position in more years in 2 of them, Leila in 1.

The order between them changed and held in one of those lists — a change in that published list, never a claim that one name displaced the other.

Kayla reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 2 of those lists, and Leila in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.

Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.

List by list

• England and Wales · Girls30 shared years, 1996–2025

  Kayla held the stronger position in 12 of those years, Leila in 18.

  Highest recorded here: Kayla #98 in 2011, Leila #132 in 2012.

  The order between them never changed and held in this list.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Kayla #386, Leila #268.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls29 shared years, 1992–2025

  Kayla held the stronger position in 27 of those years, Leila in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Kayla #21 in 2011, Leila #168 in 2011.

  The order changed in 1997: Kayla moved ahead. In 1996 they stood at #448 and #448; by 1997 that had become #363 and #440.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Kayla #130, Leila #325.

• Northern Ireland · Girls16 shared years, 2000–2023

  Kayla held the stronger position in 16 of those years, Leila in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Kayla #40 in 2011, Leila #218 in 2018.

  The order between them never changed and held in this list.

  Most recent shared year, 2023: Kayla #209, Leila #302.

Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.

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Comparisons that share a name, a rule or a published list with this one. Each is an existing comparison page with its own evidence — nothing here says these pairs are alike.

Side by side

How each name got here