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Name meaning & stats

Cayla

Cayla means “slender (debated)”. 10,853 US babies since 1940, peak 1999.

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What it means

“slender (debated)”

Spelling of Kayla

In US birth records

Peak year: 1999

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10,853 US babies were named Cayla between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named Cayla (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.

Spelling family

1 in 36 Kaylas spell it Cayla

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 1999)