girls:
14.3k births since 1964
#1287 (77th percentile)
overall:
14.3k births since 1964
#2188 (72nd percentile)
The name Kaila is the #2,188 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 14,350 recorded births since 1964. This represents the 71.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 71.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,287 (77.5% percentile) for all time with 14,350 births since 1964.
Kaila first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1964 (first recorded for girls in 1964). Birth data for Kaila is available in 57 out of the 60 years between 1964 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Kaila reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 59.6% percentile (ranked #344) with 343 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 343 births per million (ranked 59.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1995, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kaila ranks #847 for girls (10.6% percentile) with 60 births per million, which is 17.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kaila".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kaila. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 71.8% confident that Kaila is pronounced as KAY-luh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAI-luh, at 28.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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