How Many People Are Named Kaila?
people named Kaila are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 23,862 people in the US has this name
Based on 14,556 babies named Kaila in Social Security records from 1964 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
698 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Yiddish form of KELILA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Kaila in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kaila alive today is about 26 years old, and 61% are under 30. Half of them were between 19 and 33 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kaila first appears in the records in 1964 and was given most often in 1991, to 698 babies. In 2025, 88 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1964 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kaila has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #369, in 1991. In 2025 it ranked #2,133.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,133 |
| Best rank | #369 (1991) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #444 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kaila alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kaila were born in California than in any other state: about 2,137 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kaila was given 11.5 times as often in Hawaii, 1.5 times in New Jersey and 1.5 times in Washington.
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