Kaela

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Kaela: Recorded since 1997, it reached #273 in 2004, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#273highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2411
2000	#2746
2001	#2783
2002	#1530
2003	#1472
2004	#1383
2005	#1343
2006	#1862
2007	#1234
2008	#2022
2009	#2148
2010	#2392
2011	#2893
2012	#4171
2013	#4050
2014	#4684
2015	#4103
2016	#4096
2019	#4001
2020	#4535
2023	#5687
2024	#4843

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 22 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

In 2012: #907 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4171 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2411 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2004–2011
Highest recorded position: #273 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2004 (recorded 2004–2011).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Kaela appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 22 years beginning in 1997, and has registered 190 births with the name.

Kaela 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.

Kaela'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	#2411 (1997)	#1234 (2007)	#4843 (2024)	22 of 28	190 (1997–2024)	22 (2007)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#273 (2004)	#273 (2004)	#444 (2011)	4 of 8	16 (2004–2011)	5 (2004)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#624 (2007)	#582 (2009)	#907 (2012)	5 of 6	22 (2007–2012)	6 (2009)

Kaela 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 Kaela in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	6	1 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	126	10 of 10	13
2010s	47	8 of 10	6
2020s	11	3 of 10	4

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 →

Kaela 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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #273 in Northern Ireland in 2004.

Kaela'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
2024	England and Wales	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2148	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2022	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1234	22	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1862	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1343	17	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1383	16	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1472	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1530	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#444	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#430	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#301	5	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#273	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#695	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#582	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#624	5	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 1997 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #273, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 22 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2004, and 10 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.

Kaeden · #749, 22y
Kael · #605, 23y
Kaelan · #358, 30y
Kaelem · #616, 16y

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.

Neala · #273, 19y
Gethin · #272, 27y
Glyn · #272, 23y
Kalem · #272, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Maison · #273, 29y
Millicent · #273, 29y
Prince · #273, 29y
Allister · #272, 17y

Kaela was ranked #273 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2004. 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.

Kaela 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 Kaela without appearing here.

Kaela moved ahead of

Rian Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2783 and #2466 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1530 and #3409.
Vicki Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2783 and #2023 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1530 and #3409.
Carol Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4096 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4001 and #5591.
Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2746 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2783 and #3998.

Moved ahead of Kaela

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4050 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #1628.
Maren Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4535 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2927.
Francis Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4001 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #2449.
Malin Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4050 and #4739 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4096 and #2120.

Moved the opposite way to Kaela

Ada Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kaela went from #2411 to #4843 while Ada went from #1543 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kaela went from #2411 to #4843 while Alma went from #2411 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kaela went from #2411 to #4843 while Alyssa went from #506 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kaela went from #2411 to #4843 while Amalie went from #3824 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Kaela

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kaela went from #2411 to #4843 and Abigail from #24 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kaela went from #2411 to #4843 and Aimee from #61 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kaela went from #2411 to #4843 and Aisling from #496 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kaela went from #2411 to #4843 and Alex from #179 to #2253.

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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #273 in Northern Ireland in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kaela

Kaela at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kaela across 3 official records

Kaela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Kaela at a glance

Kaela across 3 official records

Kaela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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