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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202014peak #509, 1991girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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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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 2014

  • 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: #1,100 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,280 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: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedWIMichigan: #984 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,025 girlsMINew York: #864 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 4,866 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: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedINOhio: #1,460 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,588 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1,222 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,868 girlsPANew Jersey: #645 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,373 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,544 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 12,333 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: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedAZNew 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: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,363 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,024 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #737 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,652 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedALGeorgia: #762 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,017 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Cayla, so not publishedHITexas: #1,696 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 12,829 girlsTXFlorida: #1,068 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 6,977 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Jersey#645 · 1 in 3,373
  2. South Carolina#737 · 1 in 3,652
  3. Georgia#762 · 1 in 4,017
  4. New York#864 · 1 in 4,866
  5. Michigan#984 · 1 in 6,025

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Jersey#645111 in 3,373
South Carolina#73751 in 3,652
Georgia#762121 in 4,017
New York#864191 in 4,866
Michigan#98471 in 6,025
Florida#1,068121 in 6,977
Washington#1,10051 in 6,280
Pennsylvania#1,22261 in 8,868
North Carolina#1,36351 in 9,024
Ohio#1,46051 in 10,588
California#1,544171 in 12,333
Texas#1,696131 in 12,829
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 2014

girls
#1,446
157 births · 1 in 11,378 girls

Top girls' names in 2014

  1. #1Emma20,970
  2. #2Olivia19,840
  3. #3Sophia18,644
  4. #4Isabella17,136
  5. #5Ava15,727
  6. #6Mia13,534
  7. #7Emily12,670
  8. #8Abigail12,114
  9. #9Madison10,333
  10. #10Charlotte10,123
  11. #1,446Cayla157
More about 2014

girls

1,786,355 girls got a published name in 2014; 1 in 11,378 of them was named Cayla, which outranked 92.5% of the 19,232 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cayla
  1. #1,436Jaylen158
  2. #1,436Lidia158
  3. #1,436Shaylee158
  4. #1,446Cayla157
  5. #1,446Abbey157
  6. #1,446Brookelynn157
  7. #1,446Evangelina157
  8. #1,454Angely155
  9. #1,454Calista155
  10. #1,454Gina155

Tied with 7 names at #1,446; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2013
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,632Aranza#4,243 → #611
  2. ↑ 576Montserrat#1,148 → #572
  3. ↑ 573Monserrat#1,165 → #592
  4. ↑ 463Maisie#1,116 → #653
  5. ↑ 419Ariadne#1,220 → #801
Fallers
  1. ↓ 401Miley#386 → #787
  2. ↓ 345Karly#988 → #1,333
  3. ↓ 318Britney#838 → #1,156
  4. ↓ 239Kaya#761 → #1,000
  5. ↓ 235Rihanna#938 → #1,173

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

See the top 100 for 2014 →