Cayla — #3900 US girls' name
10,821 babies named Cayla in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 78% of names given to girls today.
40% of everyone ever named Cayla was born in this single decade.
469 babies were named Cayla in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cayla
The Social Security Administration has registered 10,821 babies named Cayla between 1956 and 2024, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cayla currently holds the #3900 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 469 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cayla performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 4,359 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Cayla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 975 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Cayla in 44 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cayla in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 10,821 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Cayla at a glance
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Current rank
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Cayla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1956
- Peak year (1999)
- 469
- Annual births at peak — across 69 years of records
Currently ranks #3900 among girls.
10,821 total births across 69 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 469 births in a single year.
Cayla by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 4,359 births that decade — 40% of Cayla's all-time total
Cayla decade highlights
- Peak decade 4,359 births
- Runner-up 3,292 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Cayla's strongest decade
4,359 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Cayla by state
Where Cayla concentrates geographically — total births since 1956
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 975 | 9.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 825 | 7.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 739 | 6.8% |
| #4 | New York | | 592 | 5.5% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 505 | 4.7% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 470 | 4.3% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 424 | 3.9% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 369 | 3.4% |
975 of 10,821 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 44 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.0% of nationwide
- Texas 7.6% of nationwide
- Florida 6.8% of nationwide
- New York 5.5% of nationwide
- Georgia 4.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 44 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Cayla appears in 44 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1956–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.