Over the past 110 years, 83 boys and 338 240 girls have been named Kayla. The name Kayla ranks 6118th in the United States among the most common names for boys. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Kayla in 1988. The peak of popularity of the name Kayla came in the 1990s and 2000s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.