Kyla

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Kyla: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #98 in 2003, and it stood at #483 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
78times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#98highest recorded position
20groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1072
1997	#658
1998	#452
1999	#573
2000	#712
2001	#444
2002	#532
2003	#318
2004	#323
2005	#308
2006	#267
2007	#246
2008	#274
2009	#257
2010	#233
2011	#304
2012	#326
2013	#341
2014	#373
2015	#492
2016	#431
2017	#507
2018	#545
2019	#485
2020	#582
2021	#625
2022	#683
2023	#592
2024	#795

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 England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #307 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #333 among girls in Scotland, #337 among girls in Northern Ireland, #795 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1072 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
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #483 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Kyla appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 2,950 births with the name.

Kyla 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.

Kyla'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	#1072 (1996)	#233 (2010)	#795 (2024)	29 of 29	2,950 (1996–2024)	213 (2010)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#282 (2000)	#144 (2009)	#337 (2024)	22 of 25	166 (2000–2024)	14 (2009)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#606 (2001)	#247 (2006)	#483 (2025)	25 of 25	232 (2001–2025)	17 (2006)

Kyla 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 Kyla in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	169	4 of 10	42
2000sbusiest	1,273	10 of 10	127
2010s	1,214	10 of 10	121
2020s	294	5 of 10	59

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 127 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2002 and 2003, when recorded births rose by 64, from 56 to 120.

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

Kyla 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 5 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #98 in New Zealand in 2003.

Kyla'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	#795	47	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#592	64	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#683	54	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#625	62	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#582	67	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#485	85	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#545	76	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#507	85	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#431	103	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#492	88	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#373	120	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#341	134	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#326	150	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#304	160	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#233	213	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#257	187	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#274	175	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#246	202	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#267	174	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#308	134	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#323	123	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#318	120	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#532	56	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#444	69	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#712	33	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#573	48	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#452	66	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#658	37	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1072	18	High	Verified
2003	New Zealand	female	#98	41	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#337	4	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#328	4	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#305	5	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#333	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#434	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#180	11	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#202	10	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#269	6	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#205	9	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#199	10	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#229	8	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#154	14	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#180	11	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#144	14	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#185	11	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#223	8	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#203	9	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#226	7	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#238	6	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#331	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#252	5	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#282	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#483	7	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#307	13	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#445	8	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#634	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#390	10	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#275	15	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#457	8	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#336	13	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#579	6	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#448	9	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#494	8	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#494	8	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#399	11	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#474	9	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#340	14	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	15	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#410	11	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#364	13	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#505	7	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#247	17	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#461	6	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#403	7	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	5	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#606	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#333	10	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 5 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #98, first reached in 2003.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 213 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 28 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.

Kyden · #1483, 21y
Kye · #87, 29y
Kyla-Mae · #3151, 13y
Kylah · #638, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Josiah · #98, 30y
Maverick · #97, 30y
Annabel · #100, 35y
Clayton · #100, 35y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Josiah · #98, 30y
Kaiden · #99, 29y
Maverick · #97, 30y
Autumn · #96, 30y

Kyla was ranked #98 in New Zealand · Girls in 2003. 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.

Kyla 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 Kyla without appearing here.

Kyla moved ahead of

Tracey Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1072 and #783 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #658 and #1450.
Eileen Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1072 and #916 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #658 and #1365.
Carmel Compare
In 2005 they stood at #576 and #511 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #247 and #764.
Brittany Compare
In 2000 they stood at #712 and #275 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #444 and #871.

Moved ahead of Kyla

Sienna Compare
In 2003 they stood at #443 and #620 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #576 and #287.
Nora Compare
In 2017 they stood at #180 and #190 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #434 and #151.
Éala Compare
In 2018 they stood at #336 and #411 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #457 and #180.
Maddison Compare
In 2018 they stood at #336 and #411 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #457 and #221.

Moved the opposite way to Kyla

Kristin Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Kyla went from #1072 to #592 while Kristin went from #1434 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Kyla went from #1072 to #592 while Therese went from #2096 to #4709.
Tracey Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Kyla went from #1072 to #592 while Tracey went from #783 to #5687.
Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Kyla went from #1072 to #625 while Carol went from #802 to #3519.

Moved the same way as Kyla

Dianne Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kyla went from #532 to #795 and Dianne from #4137 to #5891.
Christina Compare
Between 2000 and 2018 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Kyla went from #282 to #434 and Christina from #163 to #434.
Melanie Compare
Between 2000 and 2018 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Kyla went from #282 to #434 and Melanie from #220 to #361.
Natalie Compare
Between 2000 and 2018 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Kyla went from #282 to #434 and Natalie from #86 to #238.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 5 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #98 in New Zealand in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kyla

Kyla at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kyla across 3 official records

Kyla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kyla appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Kyla

Kyla and the names beside it

Kyla moved ahead of

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Kyla at a glance

Kyla across 3 official records

Kyla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kyla 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 Kyla

Kyla and the names beside it

Kyla moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kyla

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