Kaela — #5314 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kaela

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,338 babies named Kaela between 1967 and 2024, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaela currently holds the #5314 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 345 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaela performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 2,847 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Kaela shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 993 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Kaela in 36 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kaela 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 6,338 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.