How Many People Are Named Kayela?
An estimated 339 people in the United States have the first name Kayela. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 31 years old, and Kayela peaked in popularity in 1992 with 28 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Kayela 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 Kayela paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
339
About 1 in 1,011,075 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
31
years old
Peak Year
1992
28 births
Total Registered
350
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Kayela
Kayela is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 350 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Kayela as a female name
Ranked #17,807 in 2015
5 female births in 2015
Peak: 1992 (28 births)
Kayela: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Kayela span from the 1980s to the 2010s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 177 babies were registered. Kayela has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Kayela by Decade
How has Kayela 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.
Kayela + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Kayela as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Kayela
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Kayela: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Kayela?
We estimate approximately 339 people named Kayela 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 1,011,075 Americans share this first name.
Is Kayela a common name?
Kayela is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 80.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 350 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Kayela most popular?
Kayela reached peak popularity in 1992, when 28 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Kayela is approximately 31 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Kayela a female name?
Kayela is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Kayela Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Kayela Smith, Kayela Johnson, Kayela 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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