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Name meaning & stats

Kayla

Kayla means “slender (debated)”. 347,109 US babies since 1940, peak 1991.

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What it means

“slender (debated)”

Debated

In US birth records

Peak year: 1991

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347,109 US babies were named Kayla between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

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

Spelling family

The most common spelling: 89% of the family

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

Name twins (peaked around 1991)