Cayla

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Cayla: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Cayla: Recorded since 1996, it reached #330 in 2012, and it stood at #5,687 in 2023.

3registrars recorded it
44times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#330highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
2000	#3912
2001	#2023
2002	#2105
2003	#1552
2004	#1617
2005	#1165
2006	#1585
2007	#1502
2008	#1247
2009	#2326
2010	#1257
2011	#1327
2012	#1649
2013	#3536
2014	#1702
2015	#1649
2016	#2757
2017	#2925
2018	#3985
2019	#4686
2020	#3447
2021	#3519
2023	#5687

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 24 of the 28 years from 1996 to 2023.

In 2020: #333 among girls in Northern Ireland, #834 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3447 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2002–2020
Highest recorded position: #330 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2012 (recorded 2002–2020).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #5687 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls

Cayla appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 24 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 283 births with the name.

Cayla across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Cayla's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3126 (1996)	#1165 (2005)	#5687 (2023)	24 of 28	283 (1996–2023)	25 (2010)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#339 (2002)	#330 (2012)	#333 (2020)	7 of 19	26 (2002–2020)	5 (2012)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#424 (2005)	#414 (2012)	#834 (2020)	13 of 16	72 (2005–2020)	11 (2012)

Cayla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Cayla in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	131	10 of 10	13
2010s	133	10 of 10	13
2020s	15	3 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Cayla appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #330 in Northern Ireland in 2012.

Cayla's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1702	17	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1327	23	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1257	25	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2326	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1247	23	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1502	17	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1585	15	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1165	21	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1617	13	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1552	13	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2105	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2023	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#333	4	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#330	5	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#444	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#377	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#339	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#532	7	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#752	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	11	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#695	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#593	6	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#467	9	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#549	6	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#424	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2023, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #330, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 25 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2002, and 9 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Cayde · #1253, 12y
Cayden · #140, 26y
Caylan · #2087, 21y
Cayleb · #1920, 14y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Kyro · #330, 24y
Savanna · #330, 29y
Emma-Jane · #331, 21y
Hailie · #331, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aaran · #330, 30y
Cade · #330, 30y
Caine · #330, 29y
Henley · #330, 21y

Cayla was ranked #330 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2012. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Cayla and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Cayla without appearing here.

Cayla moved ahead of

Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4686 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3519 and #5581.
Kristine Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4686 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3447 and #5493.
Jan Compare
In 2002 they stood at #3912 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #1552 and #3594.
Gail Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3912 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2105 and #4137.

Moved ahead of Cayla

Malin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3519 and #3961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2346.
Cecilie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3519 and #3961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2504.
Meabh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2925 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #1711.
Selma Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1649 and #2521 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #3536 and #1707.

Moved the opposite way to Cayla

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Cayla went from #3126 to #5687 while Ada went from #2683 to #37.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Cayla went from #3126 to #5687 while Alma went from #2096 to #228.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Cayla went from #3126 to #5687 while Alyssa went from #783 to #241.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Cayla went from #3126 to #5687 while Amalie went from #2096 to #865.

Moved the same way as Cayla

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Cayla went from #3126 to #5687 and Abigail from #21 to #134.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Cayla went from #3126 to #5687 and Aimee from #70 to #1206.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Cayla went from #3126 to #5687 and Aisling from #440 to #2504.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Cayla went from #3126 to #5687 and Alex from #161 to #2504.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #330 in Northern Ireland in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Cayla

Cayla at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cayla across 3 official records

Cayla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Cayla appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Cayla

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Cayla moved ahead of

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Cayla at a glance

Cayla across 3 official records

Cayla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Cayla appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Cayla

Cayla and the names beside it

Cayla moved ahead of

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