Girls' name · since 1956
Cayla
Cayla has 10,853 recorded births since 1956 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,581 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,563 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 10,853
- born since 1956
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Cayla is the #4563 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 10,853 recorded since 1956.
Social Security Administration records show Cayla recorded 10,853 times among girls since 1956, holding rank #4563 nationally today, ahead of 74% of girls, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 2025.
- #1,581 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,563 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 10,853 born since 1956
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cayla ranks #1,581 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,563 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 10,853 born since 1956, peaking in the 1990s.
- #1,581 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,563 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 10,853
- born since 1956
- 1990s
- peak decade
Cayla's 10,853 recorded births place it above 97.81% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
44 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Cayla compares
10,853 Top 9% higher than 91% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Cayla's all-time total is 29x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cayla | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 10,853 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 469 | 21 | 19,840 |
Cayla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cayla's full recorded timeline at 1995, 66% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 34% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1961, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1999 peak of 469 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cayla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 469
- Annual births at peak, across 70 years of records
Cayla by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (4,359 births, 40% of the file).
1990s was Cayla's strongest decade.
4,359 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Cayla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
- 1960s 26
1960s
26 births
- 1970s 74
1970s
74 births
- 1980s 1,486
1980s
1,486 births
- 1990s
1990s
4,359 births
- 2000s
2000s
3,292 births
- 2010s 1,365
2010s
1,365 births
- 2020s 244
2020s
244 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 4,359 births (40% of all-time use).
How Cayla compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Cayla's total volume
Cayla by state
Where Cayla concentrates geographically, total births since 1956
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 982 | 9.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 825 | 7.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 745 | 6.9% |
| #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% |
982 of 10,853 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 44 reporting states.
Cayla appears in 44 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Cayla's data
- Cayla's decade-level peak was the 1990s (4,359 total births); usage has since declined to 244 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Caylas (982 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Cayla
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cayla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~69 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1956–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cayla draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.