73%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage English Pronounced Pron. KAY-lə [key·IPA] Meaning & History Combination of the popular phonetic elements kay and la. Use of the name greatly increased after 1982 when the character Kayla Brady began appearing on the American soap opera Days of Our Lives [1]. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantsCayla, Kaila, KeilaUser SubmissionKayla PopularityUS Animations·Details Last ranked #82 in 2012 Australia (NSW) Last ranked #867 in 2000 Brazil (by decade) Last ranked #96 in 2013 Canada Last ranked #365 in 2021 England and Wales Last ranked #229 in 2021 France Last ranked #89 in 2019 Ireland Last ranked #321 in 2011 Netherlands Last ranked #96 in 2014 New Zealand Last ranked #97 in 2016 Northern Ireland Last ranked #93 in 2020 Quebec, Canada Last ranked #89 in 2018 Scotland Last ranked #279 in 2022 United States People think this name isRate·Details modern youthful informal common natural wholesome refined comedic Categories 1990s, astronauts, combinations, Desperate Housewives characters, Flipline Studios characters, Game of Thrones characters, human Sesame Street characters, television, top 10 in Hawaii, trendy, Xeno characters, y vowels, YouTubers Sources & References Evans, Cleveland Kent. The Great Big Book of Baby Names. Publications International, 2006, page 477.
