Given name & surname · also Hebrew
Cayla
“crowned with laurel”·“one who is slender”
Cayla is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “crowned with laurel” and “one who is slender”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “crowned with laurel” and “one who is slender”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1956. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cayla through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10,853
- 0 boys · 10,853 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 469 babies
- 2025
- 30
- #4,578 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −45%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 30 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,578 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 45.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 469 in 1999. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 9,718 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.
Cayla’s family of names
Cayla has a related form in Callie. Cayla has a related form in Cali. Cayla has a related form in Caleigh.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 20
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Cayla
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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