Cayla

#4,546 for girls in 2025, 30 births

Peak · girls
1991 · 463 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
10,853
since 1956

Cayla over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Cayla has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201995peak #509, 1991girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#4,54630
2024#3,82239
2023#3,38647
2022#3,70341
2021#4,16734
2020#3,01553
2019#3,04353
2018#2,38776
2017#2,54669
2016#1,99699
2015#1,743120
2014#1,446157
2013#1,403163
2012#1,153213
2011#1,229195
2010#1,120220
2009#942283
2008#1,022256
2007#1,105234
2006#887300
2005#832306
2004#782331
2003#727351
2002#660385
2001#599421
2000#596425
1999#538469
1998#558439
1997#555420
1996#535438
1995#527456
1994#574400
1993#546433
1992#568410
1991#509463
1990#550431
1989#580377
1988#617324
1987#648290
1986#1,032146
1985#1,42988
1984#1,51175
1983#1,30393
1982#1,62171
1981#5,57112
1980#6,31910
1979#4,62615
1978#6,3859
1977#8,4446
1976#7,2967
1975#4,85412
1974#6,2588
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1972#8,2925
1971#7,3886
1970#7,0706
1969#7,4715
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1967#6,0426
1966#6,5645
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1963#6,5925
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1961#6,5675
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First appearance
1956

The first year at least five girls were named Cayla! It came in at #4,837, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1957–1966, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Cayla is popular in 1995

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedNHWashington: #799 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,721 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #498 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,568 girlsMNIllinois: #468 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 2,902 girlsILWisconsin: #463 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,249 girlsWIMichigan: #375 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,506 girlsMINew York: #726 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 5,376 girlsNYMassachusetts: #482 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,667 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedIAIndiana: #313 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,926 girlsINOhio: #408 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 2,885 girlsOHPennsylvania: #708 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 6,235 girlsPANew Jersey: #687 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,351 girlsNJConnecticut: #359 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,347 girlsCTCalifornia: #675 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 4,887 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedNEMissouri: #577 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,227 girlsMOKentucky: #394 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,805 girlsKYWest Virginia: #213 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,105 girlsWVVirginia: #398 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,623 girlsVAMaryland: #653 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,930 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedDEArizona: #656 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,898 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedARTennessee: #248 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,465 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #349 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,251 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #441 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,729 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #449 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,613 girlsOKLouisiana: #681 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,394 girlsLAMississippi: #393 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,015 girlsMSAlabama: #340 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,075 girlsALGeorgia: #284 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,705 girlsGAHawaii: #218 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 733 girlsHITexas: #590 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 3,790 girlsTXFlorida: #358 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 2,277 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. West Virginia#213 · 1 in 1,105
  2. Hawaii#218 · 1 in 733
  3. Tennessee#248 · 1 in 1,465
  4. Georgia#284 · 1 in 1,705
  5. Indiana#313 · 1 in 1,926

Best ever in a state: #134 in District of Columbia, 2002.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#21371 in 1,105
Hawaii#21861 in 733
Tennessee#248201 in 1,465
Georgia#284241 in 1,705
Indiana#313171 in 1,926
Alabama#340101 in 2,075
North Carolina#349171 in 2,251
Florida#358321 in 2,277
Connecticut#35971 in 2,347
Michigan#375211 in 2,506
Mississippi#39361 in 2,015
Kentucky#39471 in 2,805
Virginia#398131 in 2,623
Ohio#408221 in 2,885
South Carolina#44161 in 2,729
Oklahoma#44961 in 2,613
Wisconsin#46381 in 3,249
Illinois#468251 in 2,902
Massachusetts#48291 in 3,667
Minnesota#49871 in 3,568
Missouri#57771 in 4,227
Texas#590361 in 3,790
Maryland#65351 in 4,930
Arizona#65671 in 3,898
California#675481 in 4,887
Louisiana#68151 in 4,394
New Jersey#68781 in 5,351
Pennsylvania#708101 in 6,235
New York#726201 in 5,376
Washington#79951 in 5,721
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See more about Cayla
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 724 spots since 2024 (#3,822 → #4,546)
  • 1,531 spots since 2020 (#3,015 → #4,546)
  • 2,803 spots since 2015 (#1,743 → #4,546)
  • Biggest jump: 384 spots in 1987 (#1,032 → #648)
  • Biggest drop: 218 spots in 2007 (#887 → #1,105)
Rise & fade · girls
35 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1956
  • Peaked 1991 at #509 (463 births)
  • Births halved by 2010, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 21 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1987–2006
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,782
  • Highest: 1 in 3,782 girls born in 1999 were named Cayla (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 53,576 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #509 in 1991, was only 1 in 4,050 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 40.2% of all girls named Cayla (4,359) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s7#4,837 (1956)#4,837
1960s26#6,042 (1967)#6,647
1970s74#4,626 (1979)#6,735
1980s1,486#580 (1989)#2,063
1990s4,359#509 (1991)#546
2000s3,292#596 (2000)#815
2010s1,365#1,120 (2010)#1,807
2020s244#3,015 (2020)#3,773

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Cayla in 1995

girls
#527
456 births · 1 in 3,856 girls

Top girls' names in 1995

  1. #1Jessica27,941
  2. #2Ashley26,606
  3. #3Emily24,382
  4. #4Samantha21,644
  5. #5Sarah21,395
  6. #6Taylor20,426
  7. #7Hannah17,018
  8. #8Brittany16,477
  9. #9Amanda16,354
  10. #10Elizabeth16,192
  11. #527Cayla456
More about 1995

girls

1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 3,856 of them was named Cayla, which outranked 96.7% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cayla
  1. #523Genevieve462
  2. #525Carol460
  3. #526Margarita458
  4. #527Cayla456
  5. #527Norma456
  6. #527Yvonne456
  7. #530Tyra454
  8. #531Carlie453
  9. #532Lexus450

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,718Iridian#7,604 → #886
  2. ↑ 2,689Daija#3,615 → #926
  3. ↑ 2,119Lyric#2,752 → #633
  4. ↑ 1,910Daja#2,877 → #967
  5. ↑ 1,602Shania#2,047 → #445
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,205Nohely#896 → #2,101
  2. ↓ 1,048Zana#802 → #1,850
  3. ↓ 869Kadijah#512 → #1,381
  4. ↓ 609Clarisa#664 → #1,273
  5. ↓ 514Dayana#751 → #1,265

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1995 →