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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201999peak #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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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 1999

  • 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: #865 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,843 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: #519 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,568 girlsMNIllinois: #525 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 3,174 girlsILWisconsin: #603 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,206 girlsWIMichigan: #376 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 2,230 girlsMINew York: #786 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 5,546 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedORNevada: #428 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,845 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedSDIowa: #455 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,750 girlsIAIndiana: #428 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,555 girlsINOhio: #337 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,985 girlsOHPennsylvania: #359 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 2,146 girlsPANew Jersey: #478 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,967 girlsNJConnecticut: #270 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,395 girlsCTCalifornia: #711 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 4,979 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: #414 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,439 girlsMOKentucky: #441 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,868 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedWVVirginia: #297 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,562 girlsVAMaryland: #438 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,394 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedDEArizona: #951 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,090 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedNMKansas: #442 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,186 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedARTennessee: #448 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,784 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #540 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,541 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #362 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,885 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #624 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,672 girlsLAMississippi: #474 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,361 girlsMSAlabama: #378 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,110 girlsALGeorgia: #320 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,694 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedHITexas: #711 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 4,749 girlsTXFlorida: #376 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 2,135 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Connecticut#270 · 1 in 1,395
  2. Virginia#297 · 1 in 1,562
  3. Georgia#320 · 1 in 1,694
  4. Ohio#337 · 1 in 1,985
  5. Pennsylvania#359 · 1 in 2,146

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Connecticut#270111 in 1,395
Virginia#297221 in 1,562
Georgia#320271 in 1,694
Ohio#337311 in 1,985
Pennsylvania#359271 in 2,146
South Carolina#36291 in 1,885
Florida#376351 in 2,135
Michigan#376231 in 2,230
Alabama#378101 in 2,110
Missouri#414121 in 2,439
Indiana#428131 in 2,555
Nevada#42851 in 1,845
Maryland#438101 in 2,394
Kentucky#44171 in 2,868
Kansas#44261 in 2,186
Tennessee#448111 in 2,784
Iowa#45551 in 2,750
Mississippi#47451 in 2,361
New Jersey#478141 in 2,967
Minnesota#51971 in 3,568
Illinois#525221 in 3,174
North Carolina#540121 in 3,541
Wisconsin#60361 in 4,206
Louisiana#62461 in 3,672
California#711441 in 4,979
Texas#711311 in 4,749
New York#786181 in 5,546
Washington#86551 in 5,843
Arizona#95151 in 6,090
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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 1999

girls
#538
469 births · 1 in 3,782 girls

Top girls' names in 1999

  1. #1Emily26,542
  2. #2Hannah21,679
  3. #3Alexis19,237
  4. #4Sarah19,119
  5. #5Samantha19,044
  6. #6Ashley18,136
  7. #7Madison18,054
  8. #8Taylor16,906
  9. #9Jessica16,350
  10. #10Elizabeth15,350
  11. #538Cayla469
More about 1999

girls

1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 3,782 of them was named Cayla, which outranked 96.8% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cayla
  1. #535Aspen473
  2. #536Lena472
  3. #536Perla472
  4. #538Cayla469
  5. #538Destini469
  6. #538Sydnee469
  7. #541Lexie468
  8. #542Candace465
  9. #543Noemi463

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

Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,407Citlalli#2,338 → #931
  2. ↑ 1,329Noelia#2,048 → #719
  3. ↑ 1,060Amaya#1,458 → #398
  4. ↑ 864Kyara#1,789 → #925
  5. ↑ 604Journey#1,557 → #953
Fallers
  1. ↓ 579Erykah#779 → #1,358
  2. ↓ 417Tea#747 → #1,164
  3. ↓ 415Tasia#800 → #1,215
  4. ↓ 406Monika#930 → #1,336
  5. ↓ 357Chase#952 → #1,309

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

See the top 100 for 1999 →