Given name
Caela
“crowned with laurel”·“one who is slender”
Caela is a variant of Cayla. Interpretations include “crowned with laurel” and “one who is slender”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Caela is a variant of Cayla. Interpretations include “crowned with laurel” and “one who is slender”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Caela is a variant of Cayla. An origin associated with Cayla is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Caela through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 462
- 0 boys · 462 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 9 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 23 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 472 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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