How Many People Are Named Cayla?
An estimated 10,526 people in the United States have the first name Cayla. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 27 years old, and Cayla peaked in popularity in 1999 with 469 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Cayla as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Cayla paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
10,526
About 1 in 32,563 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Uncommon
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
27
years old
Peak Year
1999
469 births
Total Registered
10,821
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Cayla
Cayla is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 10,821 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Cayla as a female name
Ranked #3,890 in 2024
38 female births in 2024
Peak: 1999 (469 births)
Cayla: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Cayla span from the 1950s to the 2020s, covering 8 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 4,359 babies were registered. Cayla has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Cayla by Decade
How has Cayla tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Cayla by State
Birth registrations for Cayla span all 44 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, Florida. The lowest are in Rhode Island, New Mexico, North Dakota. On average, about 202 Caylas were registered per state.
Cayla + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Cayla as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Cayla
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Cayla: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Cayla?
We estimate approximately 10,526 people named Cayla are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 32,563 Americans share this first name.
Is Cayla a common name?
Cayla is classified as "Uncommon" and is more popular than 97.8% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 10,821 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Cayla most popular?
Cayla reached peak popularity in 1999, when 469 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Cayla is approximately 27 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Cayla a female name?
Cayla is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Cayla Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Cayla Smith, Cayla Johnson, Cayla Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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