Kayla

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Kayla: Recorded every year since 1985, it reached #18 in 1992, and it stood at #130 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
146times a registrar ranked it
41years from first to last
#18highest recorded position
35groupings it qualifies for
30names it appears alongside

What stands out in Kayla's record

Ranked every year since 1985, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 35 years running. Names by top-100 run

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#526
1997	#449
1998	#476
1999	#406
2000	#300
2001	#265
2002	#259
2003	#222
2004	#216
2005	#178
2006	#139
2007	#154
2008	#141
2009	#127
2010	#119
2011	#98
2012	#135
2013	#169
2014	#189
2015	#243
2016	#263
2017	#284
2018	#323
2019	#329
2020	#296
2021	#365
2022	#382
2023	#353
2024	#332

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 33 of the 35 years from 1991 to 2025.

In 2024: #109 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #171 among girls in Scotland, #253 among girls in Northern Ireland, #332 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1985–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1985
First recorded at #68 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1985 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Highest recorded1986–2014
Highest recorded position: #18 among girls in New Zealand, in 1992 (recorded 1986–2014).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #130 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Kayla appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, with 33 ranked years and 2,609 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Girls, from 1985.

Kayla across 5 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.

Kayla'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
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#515 (1991)	#21 (2011)	#130 (2025)	33 of 35	2,609 (1991–2025)	306 (2011)
England and Wales · Girls	#526 (1996)	#98 (2011)	#332 (2024)	29 of 29	6,541 (1996–2024)	604 (2011)
New Zealand · Girls	#38 (1986)	#18 (1992)	#89 (2014)	29 of 29	2,806 (1986–2014)	180 (1992)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#68 (1985)	#28 (1990)	#83 (2012)	27 of 28	3,978 (1985–2012)	236 (1990)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#351 (1998)	#40 (2011)	#253 (2024)	27 of 27	579 (1998–2024)	65 (2011)

Kayla by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Kayla in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	51	7 of 10	7
2000s	878	10 of 10	88
2010sbusiest	1,402	10 of 10	140
2020s	278	6 of 10	46

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 140 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2010 and 2011, when recorded births rose by 120, from 186 to 306.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Kayla 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 6 regions, from 1985 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #18 in New Zealand in 1992.

Kayla'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	#332	130	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#353	120	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#382	111	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#365	126	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#296	158	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#329	140	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#323	147	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#284	172	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#263	193	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#243	205	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#189	280	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#169	312	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#135	427	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#98	604	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#119	476	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#127	429	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#141	378	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#154	359	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#139	400	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#178	283	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#216	209	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#222	207	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#259	152	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#265	148	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#300	123	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#406	78	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#476	61	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#449	65	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#526	48	High	Verified
2012	New South Wales, Australia	female	#83	89	Insufficient	Not yet available
2011	New South Wales, Australia	female	#95	79	Insufficient	Not yet available
2010	New South Wales, Australia	female	#59	110	Insufficient	Not yet available
2009	New South Wales, Australia	female	#61	110	Insufficient	Not yet available
2008	New South Wales, Australia	female	#66	110	Insufficient	Not yet available
2007	New South Wales, Australia	female	#64	113	Insufficient	Not yet available
2006	New South Wales, Australia	female	#39	143	Insufficient	Not yet available
2005	New South Wales, Australia	female	#46	137	Insufficient	Not yet available
2004	New South Wales, Australia	female	#45	134	Insufficient	Not yet available
2003	New South Wales, Australia	female	#53	129	Insufficient	Not yet available
2002	New South Wales, Australia	female	#38	163	Insufficient	Not yet available
2001	New South Wales, Australia	female	#38	166	Insufficient	Not yet available
2000	New South Wales, Australia	female	#56	136	Insufficient	Not yet available
1999	New South Wales, Australia	female	#44	153	Insufficient	Not yet available
1998	New South Wales, Australia	female	#48	151	Insufficient	Not yet available
1997	New South Wales, Australia	female	#41	183	Insufficient	Not yet available
1996	New South Wales, Australia	female	#42	178	Insufficient	Not yet available
1995	New South Wales, Australia	female	#40	189	Insufficient	Not yet available
1994	New South Wales, Australia	female	#32	212	Insufficient	Not yet available
1993	New South Wales, Australia	female	#35	201	Insufficient	Not yet available
1992	New South Wales, Australia	female	#38	193	Insufficient	Not yet available
1991	New South Wales, Australia	female	#28	234	Insufficient	Not yet available
1990	New South Wales, Australia	female	#28	236	Insufficient	Not yet available
1989	New South Wales, Australia	female	#53	142	Insufficient	Not yet available
1987	New South Wales, Australia	female	#94	79	Insufficient	Not yet available
1986	New South Wales, Australia	female	#87	90	Insufficient	Not yet available
1985	New South Wales, Australia	female	#68	118	Insufficient	Not yet available
2014	New Zealand	female	#89	42	High	Verified
2013	New Zealand	female	#99	43	High	Verified
2012	New Zealand	female	#100	45	High	Verified
2011	New Zealand	female	#54	72	High	Verified
2010	New Zealand	female	#58	71	High	Verified
2009	New Zealand	female	#45	80	High	Verified
2008	New Zealand	female	#49	81	High	Verified
2007	New Zealand	female	#51	80	High	Verified
2006	New Zealand	female	#44	84	High	Verified
2005	New Zealand	female	#42	75	High	Verified
2004	New Zealand	female	#42	86	High	Verified
2003	New Zealand	female	#39	92	High	Verified
2002	New Zealand	female	#35	89	High	Verified
2001	New Zealand	female	#32	113	High	Verified
2000	New Zealand	female	#37	91	High	Verified
1999	New Zealand	female	#45	91	High	Verified
1998	New Zealand	female	#31	111	High	Verified
1997	New Zealand	female	#49	93	High	Verified
1996	New Zealand	female	#38	115	High	Verified
1995	New Zealand	female	#23	149	High	Verified
1994	New Zealand	female	#23	165	High	Verified
1993	New Zealand	female	#30	152	High	Verified
1992	New Zealand	female	#18	180	High	Verified
1991	New Zealand	female	#20	174	High	Verified
1990	New Zealand	female	#89	56	High	Verified
1989	New Zealand	female	#65	80	High	Verified
1988	New Zealand	female	#74	77	High	Verified
1987	New Zealand	female	#44	107	High	Verified
1986	New Zealand	female	#38	112	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#253	6	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#209	8	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#243	7	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#237	7	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#149	13	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#119	18	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#126	19	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#143	16	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#97	27	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#99	25	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#63	37	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#75	32	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#73	35	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#40	65	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#55	47	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#54	46	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#58	39	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#84	24	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#77	30	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#89	23	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#169	10	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#139	13	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#128	15	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#230	6	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#282	4	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#291	4	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#351	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#130	36	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#109	44	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#111	43	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#105	49	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#103	54	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#103	52	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#89	64	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#79	79	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#70	93	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#70	92	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#68	98	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#46	138	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#45	148	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#33	198	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#21	306	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#41	186	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#43	183	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#48	161	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#53	136	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#59	112	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#67	86	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#88	64	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#103	50	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#112	44	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#180	22	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#179	20	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#227	14	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#270	9	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#295	10	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#448	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#171	24	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1985 and 2025, ranked in 41 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #18, first reached in 1992.

It held a top-100 place in 35 years, 35 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 604 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1986, and 39 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.

Kayen · #3048, 10y
Kayhan · #2055, 18y
Kayla-Rose · #451, 12y
Kaylah · #367, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 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.

Jesse · #18, 45y
Phoebe · #17, 39y
Daisy · #15, 37y
Jackson · #21, 36y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Chelsea · #19, 39y
Phoebe · #17, 39y
Molly · #15, 36y
Beau · #22, 39y

Comparisons involving Kayla

Existing comparison pages where Kayla and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Kayla in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Ashley vs Kayla
Ashley and Kayla changed places 12 times in New South Wales, Australia · Girls between 1985 and 2011, ending at #90 and #95.
Ashley · Kayla · 25 shared years, 1985–2011 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2011 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Amelia vs Kayla
Both reached their highest recorded position in England and Wales · Girls within 2 years — Amelia #1 in 2011, Kayla #98 in 2011.
Amelia · Kayla · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Peaked in the same years
See the 2011 England and Wales ranking
Emily vs Kayla
Both reached their highest recorded position in Northern Ireland · Girls within 2 years — Emily #1 in 2013, Kayla #40 in 2011.
Emily · Kayla · 27 shared years, 1998–2024 · Peaked in the same years
See the 2013 Northern Ireland ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Kayla and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Jennifer vs Kayla
In New Zealand · Girls, Kayla moved into the top 50 at #20 in 1991 as Jennifer fell out of it to #62, having been #41 the year before.
Jennifer · Kayla · 17 shared years, 1986–2003 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1991 New Zealand ranking
Katie vs Kayla
In New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Kayla moved into the top 50 at #28 in 1990 as Katie fell out of it to #54, having been #38 the year before.
Katie · Kayla · 21 shared years, 1985–2009 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1990 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Renee vs Kayla
In New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Kayla moved into the top 50 at #28 in 1990 as Renee fell out of it to #67, having been #42 the year before.
Renee · Kayla · 11 shared years, 1985–1996 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1990 New South Wales, Australia ranking

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Pairs involving Kayla measured in New Zealand's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Kayla at its highest position.

Jessica vs Kayla
Both reached their highest recorded position in New Zealand · Girls within 2 years — Jessica #1 in 1990, Kayla #18 in 1992.
Jessica · Kayla · 29 shared years, 1986–2014 · Peaked in the same years
See the 1992 New Zealand ranking
Stephanie vs Kayla
In New Zealand · Girls, Kayla moved into the top 50 at #31 in 1998 as Stephanie fell out of it to #57, having been #43 the year before.
Stephanie · Kayla · 16 shared years, 1986–2005 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1998 New Zealand ranking
Kayla vs Summer
In New Zealand · Girls, Summer moved into the top 50 at #34 in 2010 as Kayla fell out of it to #58, having been #45 the year before.
Kayla · Summer · 17 shared years, 1996–2014 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2010 New Zealand ranking

New Zealand overview→

Kayla was ranked #18 in New Zealand · Girls in 1992. 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.

Kayla 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 Kayla without appearing here.

Kayla moved ahead of

Brittany Compare
In 2000 they stood at #300 and #275 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #265 and #871.
Kristine Compare
In 2000 they stood at #448 and #356 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2001 that had become #180 and #606.
Rita Compare
In 1999 they stood at #363 and #304 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2000 that had become #179 and #536.
Sandra Compare
In 2006 they stood at #351 and #351 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #84 and #413.

Moved ahead of Kayla

Maeve Compare
In 2018 they stood at #323 and #507 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #329 and #218.
Aurora Compare
In 2014 they stood at #189 and #200 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #243 and #136.
Alma Compare
In 2020 they stood at #296 and #304 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #365 and #267.
Olive Compare
In 2014 they stood at #189 and #210 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #243 and #176.

Moved the opposite way to Kayla

Aimee Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kayla went from #515 to #130 while Aimee went from #118 to #885.
Aisling Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kayla went from #515 to #130 while Aisling went from #8 to #180.
Alison Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kayla went from #515 to #130 while Alison went from #39 to #213.
Amanda Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kayla went from #515 to #130 while Amanda went from #39 to #608.

Moved the same way as Kayla

Abigail Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kayla went from #515 to #130 and Abigail from #300 to #115.
Alice Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kayla went from #515 to #130 and Alice from #99 to #41.
Amelia Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kayla went from #515 to #130 and Amelia from #457 to #12.
Annie Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kayla went from #515 to #130 and Annie from #250 to #33.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 6 regions, from 1985 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #18 in New Zealand in 1992. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kayla

Kayla at a glance

What stands out in Kayla's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kayla across 5 official records

Kayla by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Kayla appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Comparisons involving Kayla

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Names published alongside Kayla

Kayla and the names beside it

Kayla moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kayla

Moved the opposite way to Kayla

Moved the same way as Kayla

Kayla at a glance

What stands out in Kayla's record

Kayla across 5 official records

Kayla by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Kayla appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Comparisons involving Kayla

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Names published alongside Kayla

Kayla and the names beside it

Kayla moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kayla

Moved the opposite way to Kayla

Moved the same way as Kayla