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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202002peak #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 2002

  • 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: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedWAIdaho: 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: #505 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,174 girlsMNIllinois: #832 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 5,723 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedWIMichigan: #420 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,323 girlsMINew York: #538 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 3,229 girlsNYMassachusetts: #559 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,835 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedORNevada: #475 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,040 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedSDIowa: #480 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,700 girlsIAIndiana: #631 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,035 girlsINOhio: #490 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 3,233 girlsOHPennsylvania: #593 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,947 girlsPANew Jersey: #441 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,576 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,136 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 8,909 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: #787 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,583 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedWVVirginia: #456 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,547 girlsVAMaryland: #387 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,979 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedDEArizona: #1,041 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,492 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: #442 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,502 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #494 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,715 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #608 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,301 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #134 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 436 girlsDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #518 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,565 girlsLAMississippi: #500 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,263 girlsMSAlabama: #382 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,950 girlsALGeorgia: #585 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,458 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedHITexas: #617 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 3,627 girlsTXFlorida: #604 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 3,668 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. District of Columbia#134 · 1 in 436
  2. Alabama#382 · 1 in 1,950
  3. Maryland#387 · 1 in 1,979
  4. Michigan#420 · 1 in 2,323
  5. New Jersey#441 · 1 in 2,576

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#13481 in 436
Alabama#382101 in 1,950
Maryland#387121 in 1,979
Michigan#420211 in 2,323
New Jersey#441161 in 2,576
Tennessee#442121 in 2,502
Virginia#456141 in 2,547
Nevada#47551 in 2,040
Iowa#48051 in 2,700
Ohio#490181 in 3,233
North Carolina#494161 in 2,715
Mississippi#50051 in 2,263
Minnesota#50581 in 3,174
Louisiana#51881 in 2,565
New York#538301 in 3,229
Massachusetts#55981 in 3,835
Georgia#585141 in 3,458
Pennsylvania#593141 in 3,947
Florida#604211 in 3,668
South Carolina#60851 in 3,301
Texas#617431 in 3,627
Indiana#63181 in 4,035
Missouri#78751 in 5,583
Illinois#832121 in 5,723
Arizona#1,04151 in 6,492
California#1,136251 in 8,909
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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 2002

girls
#660
385 births · 1 in 4,667 girls

Top girls' names in 2002

  1. #1Emily24,470
  2. #2Madison21,774
  3. #3Hannah18,828
  4. #4Emma16,558
  5. #5Alexis15,636
  6. #6Ashley15,344
  7. #7Abigail15,303
  8. #8Sarah14,779
  9. #9Samantha14,671
  10. #10Olivia14,631
  11. #660Cayla385
More about 2002

girls

1,796,882 girls got a published name in 2002; 1 in 4,667 of them was named Cayla, which outranked 96.4% of the 18,086 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cayla
  1. #654Mollie386
  2. #654Stacy386
  3. #654Sydnee386
  4. #660Cayla385
  5. #660Aracely385
  6. #660Corinne385
  7. #660Sienna385
  8. #664Karlee383
  9. #665Lea382
  10. #666Harmony381

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

Biggest movers since 2001
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,168Cadence#2,126 → #958
  2. ↑ 949Lisbeth#1,573 → #624
  3. ↑ 710Ashanti#825 → #115
  4. ↑ 464Elle#1,076 → #612
  5. ↑ 412Nyla#865 → #453
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,141Citlalli#609 → #1,750
  2. ↓ 748Nallely#772 → #1,520
  3. ↓ 617Dafne#967 → #1,584
  4. ↓ 582Beyonce#700 → #1,282
  5. ↓ 540Mikaila#928 → #1,468

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

See the top 100 for 2002 →