Kayela — girls' name
350 babies named Kayela in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
350 girls have been named Kayela since 1983, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2015.
- 350
- total births
- 1983–2015
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 51%
- born in that decade
51% of everyone ever named Kayela was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Kayela in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kayela
The Social Security Administration has registered 350 babies named Kayela between 1983 and 2015, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kayela currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 28 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kayela performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 177 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kayela shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kayela 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 350 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.
Kayela at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kayela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1983
- Peak year (1992)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
350 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 28 births in a single year.
Kayela by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 177 births that decade — 51% of Kayela's all-time total
Kayela decade highlights
- Peak decade 177 births
- Runner-up 93 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kayela's strongest decade
177 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
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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, 1983–2015 (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.